mountain ash
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.
any of certain other trees, as several Australian species of eucalyptus.
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How to use mountain ash in a sentence
The mountain ash deserves a place on all lawns, large or small.
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. RexfordIt is of the same kind as the "Rowan," or mountain ash, which was and even now is vulgarly worn as a remedy against witchcraft.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire | John NoakeThose made of mountain-ash had the advantage of being extremely light, but the runners wore out quickly on ice and hard neve.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonI sat on the edge of the gulf under the mountain ash to which I had clung for life the night before.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldHe was not ignorant of the supposed virtue of the mountain ash as an antidote against witchcraft.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
British Dictionary definitions for mountain ash
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
any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans
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