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mountain ash

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mountain ash
n.
Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus, such as the rowan, having clusters of small white flowers and bright orange-red berries arranged in clusters.
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mountain ash
European mountain ash
Sorbus aucuparia

mountain ash
Noun
a tree with clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries; rowan
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Noun1.mountain ashmountain ash - any of various trees of the genus Sorbus
genus Sorbus, Sorbus - a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
European mountain ash, rowan, rowan tree, Sorbus aucuparia - Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
American mountain ash, Sorbus americana - a variety of mountain ash
Sorbus sitchensis, Western mountain ash - an ash of the western coast of North America
service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica - medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
2.mountain ash - tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world
eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
3.mountain ash - low-growing ash of Texas
ash tree, ash - any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus


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Once, in the stillness, the call of a bird in a mountain ash was so like her laughter that his heart tightened and then grew large; and all these things made him see that something must be done at once.
To the west was a great valley, and then, rising far away, great jagged mountain fastnesses, rising peak on peak, the sheer rock studded with mountain ash and thorn, whose roots clung in cracks and crevices and crannies of the stone.
 
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