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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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cliffgreenmountain lovermountain loverpaxistima

Etymology

From rat + stripper.

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