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ROWAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rowan mean? 

ROWAN (noun)
  The noun ROWAN has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: ROWAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROWAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

European mountain ash; rowan; rowan tree; Sorbus aucuparia

Hypernyms ("rowan" is a kind of...):

mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)

Meronyms (parts of "rowan"):

rowanberry (decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree)


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