rowan
nounnounnounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹəʊ.ən//
- United Kingdom//ˈɹaʊ.ən//
- United States//ˈɹoʊ.ən//
- United States//ˈɹaʊ.ən//
- Scotland//ˈɹaʊ.ən//
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
noun
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Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
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.
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obsoletewych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
Etymology
Originally Scots and northern English, from Middle English ron, rone, compare also Northern English raan, ran. At first referring to its fruits, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse reynir. Also related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.
noun
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Variant of rowenAlternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).
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Variant of rovingdatedDated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
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Variant of rownarchaicAlternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).
Forms
- plural
- rowans
rowan · Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
Rowan · A surname from Irish.rowdy · Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.rowing · The action of the verb to row.