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rowan tree
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rowan tree has 1 sense
- rowan tree(n = noun.plant) european mountain ash, rowan, sorbus aucuparia - Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits; Array is a kind of mountain ash
has parts: rowanberry
CIDE DICTIONARY
rowan tree, [Cf. Sw. rönn, Dan. rönne, Icel. reynir, and L. ornus.].
A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia ) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree , and mountain ash . The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana , and Pyrus sambucifolia ). [1913 Webster]
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