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), the plumed partridge (Oreortyx
pictus) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike
feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is
brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast
are dark gray. -- Mountain range, a series
of mountains closely related in position and direction. --
Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a)
An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some
parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
(b) An American genus of grasses
(Oryzopsis). -- Mountain rose
(Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing
in the mountains of Europe (Rosa alpina). --
Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy
mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
-- Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low
perennial plant (Oxyria digyna with rounded kidney-form
leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of
New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. Gray. --
Mountain sparrow (Zoöl.

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