Mountain Box (Noun)
Meaning
Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Mountain box, bearing its red autumnal leaves, creates a picturesque scene in woodland gardens.
- Wildlife use the mountain box plant as a protective cover due to its dense and mat-forming nature.
- Mountain box and other autumn foliage in the woodland added a kaleidoscope of color to the landscape.
- In the frozen wilderness, mountain box, with its evergreen foliage, stood the test of winter's wrath.
- A row of beautiful mountain box, covered with small white flowers in the spring, adorned the rolling hills.
Synonyms
- Sand Berry
- Wild Cranberry
- Red Bearberry
- Creashak
- Hog Cranberry
- Sandberry
- Bear's Grape
- Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi
- Common Bearberry
- Mealberry