Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK, uncountable, usually)A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.

    2007, Tyler Guthrie, Mountain Ash: Formally Rowan Tree, Trinity College, Academic Dissertation.

  2. (uncountable, usually)Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America.

    any of various trees of the genus Sorbus

  3. (uncountable, usually)A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.

    tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world

  4. (uncountable, usually)A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The berries of the mountain ash are very sour.

    ruЯгоды рябины очень кислые. — Erviy

  2. The rowan tree is sometimes known as the mountain ash tree.

    deDie Eberesche bezeichnet man auch manchmal als Vogelbeerbaum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The sun burns within scarlet clusters of mountain ash, and the earth greets the new day.

    ruСолнце горит в алых гроздьях рябин, новый день встречает земля. — AqQoyriq_1

  4. The mountain ash is blooming. It's time to sow flax.

    ruЦветёт рябина – время сеять лён. — Erviy

    deDie Eberesche blüht. Es ist Zeit, Flachs zu säen. — Yorwba

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: mountain ashes
Singularmountain ash

uncountable

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Eucalyptus regnans:swamp gumTasmanian oakstringy gumVictorian ash
Fraxinus texensis:Texas ash
Close in meaning
  • low-growing ash of Texas:Fraxinus texensis
  • tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world:Eucalyptus regnans

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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