rowan tree

Examples

• All

• Before noon, it was turned west, long and straight, leaning on the rowan tree, drawn by grass to the earth and as dusty as the grass.

  Fiction book (2000)

• It was still suspended from the branches of the rowan tree and entangled in nettles when the light began to roll it around the chimney, the way it rolled it around the poplars behind the Topornica.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Everything was quiet in the small glade except for the faint rush of wind through the leaves of the rowan tree.

  Fiction book (1991)

• It must be hundreds of years old, much older even than the giant rowan tree that shaded the spring and cast its white flowers into the black water.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The rowan tree sagged under the weight, each twig coated to a stubby thickness.

  Fiction book (1998)

• A rowan tree, heavy with scarlet berries, stood beside the gate as it did outside many Highland homes as a charm to keep the fairies, witches, and evil spirits away.

  Fiction book (1998)

• In the autumn, the rowan tree is adorned with bright clusters of orange-red berries.

• A rowan tree planted in the garden can attract birds with its delicious fruits.

Synonyms

R

rowan

vsrowan tree

1 8.6

A small tree from Europe and Asia with many small leaves and groups of orange-red berries

uses a fuller descriptive phrase mentioning the tree itself

S

Sorbus aucuparia

vsrowan tree

• UK

9.9

A European and Asian tree with many small leaflets and clusters of orange-red berries

is the common name rather than the scientific species term

E

European mountain ash

vsrowan tree

• UK

7.7

A small tree from Europe and Asia with leaves made of many small leaflets and clusters of orange-red berries

is the general name without the regional qualifier

M

mountain ash

vsrowan tree

• Australian

5.0

A tree with divided leaves, white spring flowers, and red or orange berries that attract birds

is specific to one Eurasian species rather than the whole genus

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology