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rowan

(rō′ən, ro̵u′-)

noun

the European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), a tree with pinnately compound leaves, white flowers, and red berries
either of two similar American mountain ashes
the orange or red berry of a rowan
also rowanberry

Origin: < Scand, as in Norw rogn, raun, ON reynir, akin to ON rauthr, red: from the color of the fruit

See rowan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small deciduous European tree (Sorbus aucuparia) of the rose family, having pinnately compound leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and orange-red berries.

Origin:

Origin: Of Scandinavian origin; see reudh- in Indo-European roots

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