rowan — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

   Synonyms

   mountain ashquickbeamwickenwicky

   Examples

   Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.

2. Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

3. wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

Noun

1. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits

   Synonyms

   rowan treeEuropean mountain ashSorbus aucuparia

   Broader terms

   mountain ash