European mountain ash

European mountain ash
noun
Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
Syn: ↑rowan, ↑rowan tree, ↑Sorbus aucuparia
Hypernyms: ↑mountain ash
Part Meronyms: ↑rowanberry

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized E

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European mountain ash,
a tree of the rose family, native to Europe and Asia, often cultivated for its bright-red, berrylike fruit; rowan.

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