English Explanatory Dictionary

mountain ash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.
  2. Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America.
  3. A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.
  4. A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.
name
  1. A town in Mountain Ash East community and Mountain Ash West community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0499). The communities have no councils.
  2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.

Word forms

mountain ash mountain ashes

Synonyms

European rowan rowan quicken stringy gum swamp gum Tasmanian oak Victorian ash Texas ash

Derived words

American mountain ash
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