gowan

American  

[gau-uhn] / ˈgaʊ ən /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.

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gowan British  

/ ˈɡaʊən /

noun

1. any of various yellow or white flowers growing in fields, esp the common daisy

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Other Word Forms

• gowaned
  adjective
• gowany
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of gowan

1560–70; earlier gollan < Old Norse gollinn golden

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Example Sentences

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gowan

Flows Yarrow sweet? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae its rocks as mellow.

From English Songs and Ballads by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

There is no stone to mark where he lies, but I know the spot, and I always think the gowan blinks bonniest and the grass grows greenest there.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables

The opening gowan transplanted from its Scottish glen loses its modest charm and grows rank upon the prairies of the West even in its second year.

From Round the World by Andrew Carnegie

In Scotland it is popularly called the gowan, and in Yorkshire it is the bairn wort, or flower beloved by children.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Five miles to the right, Mauchline shows its red complexion on the green hillside, and awakens lyric memories of Burns's imperishable mouse and share-torn gowan.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

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