mountain ash (redirected from mountain ashes)

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.

mountain ash European mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia

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mountain ash

Noun

a tree with clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries; rowan

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mountain 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 Eucalyptus regnans eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
	3.	mountain ash - low-growing ash of Texas Fraxinus texensis ash tree, ash - any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus