rowan tree

noun

1

: a Eurasian tree (Sorbus aucuparia) with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by red pomes resembling berries

called also European mountain ash

2

: american mountain ash

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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