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"Section M, N, and O"

See
Amianthus. -- Mountain fringe
(Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory.
-- Mountain goat. (Zoöl.) See
Mazama.
-- Mountain green.
(Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate
of copper
. (b) See Green earth, under
Green, a.
-- Mountain
holly
(Bot.), a branching shrub (Nemopanthes
Canadensis
), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is
found in the Northern United States.
-- Mountain
laurel
(Bot.), an American shrub (Kalmia
latifolia
) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of
rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also
American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See
Kalmia.
-- Mountain leather
(Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its
texture.
-- Mountain licorice (Bot.),
a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum). -
- Mountain limestone (Geol.


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