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mountain laurel
(Encyclopedia)mountain laurel, evergreen shrub (Kalmia latifolia) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), closely related to the rhododendron and native to E North America. The state flower of Connecticut and Penns...Yucca Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Yucca Mountain, mountain in the SW Nevada desert about 100 mi (161 km) northwest of Las Vegas. It is the proposed site of a Dept. of Energy (DOE) repository for up to 77,000 metric tons of nuclear was...Backbone Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Backbone Mountain, peak, 3,360 ft (1,024 m) high, NW Md., in the Allegheny Mts.; highest elevation in the state.mountain lion
(Encyclopedia)mountain lion: see puma.mountain sheep
(Encyclopedia)mountain sheep: see bighorn.Stone, Barton Warren
(Encyclopedia)Stone, Barton Warren, 1772–1844, American clergyman of Kentucky. With four other ministers he withdrew from the Presbyterian Church and in 1804 began to form new churches whose members called themse...Cedar Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Cedar Mountain: see Bull Run.Mountain-Altai
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Altai: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...Mountain-Badakhshan
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Badakhshan: see Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. ...Mountain-Karabakh
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Karabakh: see Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. ...Browse by Subject
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