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rowan definition

rowan (rō′ən, ro̵u′-)

noun

  1. the European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), a tree with pinnately compound leaves, white flowers, and red berries
  2. either of two similar American mountain ashes
  3. the orange or red berry of a rowan
    also rowanberry row′an·ber′ry (-ber′ē)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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