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gowan

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gow·an  (goun)
n. Scots
A yellow or white wildflower, especially the Old World daisy.
[Probably alteration of Middle English gollan, a plant with yellow flowers; akin to Old Norse gullinn, golden, from gull, gold; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
gowan [ˈgaʊən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Scot any of various yellow or white flowers growing in fields, esp the common daisy
[variant of gollan, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse gullin golden]
gowaned  adj
gowany  adj


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This Gowan when he had talked about a Paradise, had gone up to her and taken her hand.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
Micawber, with the old roll in his voice, and the old indescribable air of saying something genteel, 'what gowans may be, but I have no doubt that Copperfield and myself would frequently have taken a pull at them, if it had been feasible.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot, Sin auld lang syne.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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