"ratstripper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ratstrippers [plural]
Etymology: rat + stripper Etymology templates: {{com|en|rat|stripper}} rat + stripper Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ratstripper (usually uncountable, plural ratstrippers)
  1. An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Staff vine family plants Synonyms: cliffgreen, mountain lover, paxistima, rat-stripper

Inflected forms

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