mountain ash

[ moun-tn ash ]

noun
  1. Also called, British, whitten . any of several small trees of the genus Sorbus, of the rose family, having flat-topped clusters of small, white flowers and bright-red to orange berries.

  2. any of certain other trees, as several Australian species of eucalyptus.

Origin of mountain ash

1
First recorded in 1590–1600

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British Dictionary definitions for mountain ash

mountain ash

noun
  1. any of various trees of the rosaceous genus Sorbus, such as S aucuparia (European mountain ash or rowan), having clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries

  2. any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans

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