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rowan
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row·an  (rn, rou-)
n.
A small deciduous European tree (Sorbus aucuparia) of the rose family, having pinnately compound leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and orange-red berries.

[Of Scandinavian origin; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

rowan [ˈrəʊən ˈraʊ-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for the (European) mountain ash
[from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian rogn, raun, Old Norse reynir]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rowan - Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruitsrowan - Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
mountain ash - any of various trees of the genus Sorbus
rowanberry - decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree
Translations
rowan [ˈraʊən] N (also rowan tree) → serbal m; (= berry) → serba f

rowan [ˈraʊən ˈrəʊən] n (also rowan tree) (= mountain ash) → sorbier m

rowan
n (= tree)Eberesche f, → Vogelbeere f; rowan berryVogelbeere f

rowan [ˈraʊən] n (also rowan tree) → sorbo

rowan
n rowan [ˈrouən, ˈrauən]
(alsorowan tree) a small tree that has red berries in autumn. rowan شَجَرَة لِسان العَصْفور офика jeřáb rønnebærtræ der Vogelbeerenbaum σουρβιά (είδος χαμηλού δέντρου) serbal pihlakas زبان گنجشک کوهی pihlaja חוּזרַר रक्त कोल jarebika vörösberkenye(fa) pohon rowan sorbo rosso ななかまど 마가목 šermukšnis pīlādzis pohon rowan lijsterbes rogn(etre) jarzębina рябина jarabina jerebika (drevo) oskoruša rönn ต้นไม้ขนาดเล็กมีผลสีแดง üvez (ağacı) 花楸 горобина ایک درخت جس پر بیر نما پھل لگتے ہیں cây thanh hương trà 楸(蔷薇
n rowan berry
rowan ثَمَر شَجَرَة لِسان العُصْفور плод на офика jeřabina rønnebær die Vogelbeeren καρπός της σουρβιάς serba pihlamari میوه سماق کوهی sorbe פְּרִי החוּזַרר रक्त कोल, रसभरी oskoruša berkenye (gyümölcse) buah rowan sorba selvatica ななかまどの実 šermukšnio uoga pīlādžoga beri rowan lijsterbes rognebær owoc jarzębiny рябина plod jarabiny jerebika (sad) bobice oskoruše rönnbär ผลเบอร์รี่ชนิดหนึ่งมีสีแดง üvez (meyve) 花楸漿果 горобина اس درخت کا پھل quả thanh hương trà 楸浆果


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