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Definition of Sorbus sitchensis
1. Noun. An ash of the western coast of North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorbus Sitchensis
Literary usage of Sorbus sitchensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"... of eastern Asia, which proves to be distinct: it has also been referred to
the northwestern Sorbus sitchensis Roem. American rowan-tree. June- July. ..."
2. Mount Rainier: A Record of Exploration by Edmond Stephen Meany (1916)
"(Sorbus sitchensis Roemer.) This species grows from four to fifteen feet high,
and is easily known by its intense scarlet fruit and shining leaflets, ..."
3. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus sitchensis). — "A species of mountain ash, on which none of
the shoots were over 3 inches through, had been riddled all over by the ..."