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Definition of Mountain ash
1. Noun. Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus.
Specialized synonyms: European Mountain Ash, Rowan, Rowan Tree, Sorbus Aucuparia, American Mountain Ash, Sorbus Americana, Sorbus Sitchensis, Western Mountain Ash, Service Tree, Sorb Apple, Sorb Apple Tree, Sorbus Domestica
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
2. Noun. Tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world.
3. Noun. Low-growing ash of Texas.
Definition of Mountain ash
1. Noun. (botany) Any of several trees in the genus ''Sorbus'' in North America. ¹
2. Noun. (British) The European species ''Sorbus aucuparia'', also commonly known as rowan or more specifically European rowan. ¹
3. Noun. A tree native to southeastern Australia, ''Eucalyptus regnans'', the tallest of all flowering plants. ¹
4. Noun. A Texan ash tree species, ''Fraxinus texensis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Ash
Literary usage of Mountain ash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is closely related to the mountain-ash (qv). BEAN, Nehemiah S., American
inventor: b. Gilmanton, NH, 1818; d. 20 July 1896. He learned the machinist's ..."
2. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"Same as recommended for American mountain ash. Properties of wood.—Practically
the same as American mountain ash. Uses.—The large and brilliant fruit of the ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"The mountain ash. North. RANTY, adj. Frisky ¡wild. North. i RANTY-TANTY, adj.
Very angry. | RAP, v. (I) To seize; to ravish. (2) To boast. Devon. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... or Common Ash. The mountain ash is ... The mountain ash is of the Natural
Order rotada, but the common Ash is of the Natural Order ..."
5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Americana) AMERICAN mountain ash BB. Leaflets abruptly pointed, dark green. ...
On a lawn a mountain ash is a neat and very decorative little tree at all ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is closely related to the mountain-ash (qv). BEAN, Nehemiah S., American
inventor: b. Gilmanton, NH, 1818; d. 20 July 1896. He learned the machinist's ..."
7. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"Same as recommended for American mountain ash. Properties of wood.—Practically
the same as American mountain ash. Uses.—The large and brilliant fruit of the ..."
8. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"The mountain ash. North. RANTY, adj. Frisky ¡wild. North. i RANTY-TANTY, adj.
Very angry. | RAP, v. (I) To seize; to ravish. (2) To boast. Devon. ..."
9. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... or Common Ash. The mountain ash is ... The mountain ash is of the Natural
Order rotada, but the common Ash is of the Natural Order ..."
10. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Americana) AMERICAN mountain ash BB. Leaflets abruptly pointed, dark green. ...
On a lawn a mountain ash is a neat and very decorative little tree at all ..."
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