rowan
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈɹəʊ.ən//
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- États-Unis//ˈɹoʊ.ən//
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Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
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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.
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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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obsolètewych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
Étymologie
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.
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Variante de rowenAlternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).
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Variante de rovingvieilliDated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
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Variante de rownarchaïqueAlternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).
Formes
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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.