snow-on-the-mountain

snow-on-the-moun·tain

(snō′ŏn-thə-moun′tən, -ôn-)n. A widely cultivated plant (Euphorbia marginata) of the central United States, having white-margined leaves and showy white bracts.

snow-on-the-mountain

n (Plants) a North American euphorbiaceous plant, Euphorbia marginata, having white-edged leaves and showy white bracts surrounding small flowers

snow′-on-the-moun′tain

n. a spurge, Euphorbia marginata, of the western U.S., having leaves with white margins and white petallike bracts. [1875–80]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.snow-on-the-mountain - annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milkEuphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-in-summerEuphorbia, genus Euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juicespurge - any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice