Definition of European mountain ash

1. Noun. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits.

Exact synonyms: Rowan, Rowan Tree, Sorbus Aucuparia
Generic synonyms: Mountain Ash
Terms within: Rowanberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Mountain Ash

European hares
European honeysuckle
European hop
European hornbeam
European hornbeams
European house cricket
European ladies' tresses
European larch
European lemming
European lobster
European magpie
European mink
European minks
European miracle
European mistletoe
European mountain ash
European nation
European nightjar
European nut pine
European nuthatch
European olive tree
European option
European options
European otter
European otters
European paradox
European parsley fern
European pasqueflower
European peacock
European peacocks

Literary usage of European mountain ash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
""We have planted many deciduous trees, mostly for ornament and shade: linden, soft maple, elm, ash, box elder, poplar, black locust, european mountain ash. ..."

2. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"european mountain ash. Leaves odd-pinnate, softer and more graceful than those of ... The european mountain ash is a good, small ornamental tree of graceful ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"It is, apparently, a more robust-growing tree than the european mountain ash, with larger leaves, shining above, and smooth beneath ; but it is, in reality, ..."

4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(S. Aucuparia) european mountain ash or ROWAN TREE The handsome foliage and showy clusters of flowers and fruits make this a favourite genus of trees and ..."

5. Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs in the Arboretum and Botanic Garden at the by William Saunders, William Tyrrell Macoun (1899)
"1674.—P. Aucuparia fructu dulci. Planted, 1897. Hardy. 1675.—P. Aucuparia fructu lúteo. Yellow- fruiti'd european mountain ash. Planted, 1894. Hardy. ..."

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