gowan
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gowan
1560–70; earlier gollan < Old Norse gollinn golden
Example Sentences
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From the bonnie highland heather of her lofty summits to the modest gowan on the lea, not a flower but has blushed with the martyr's blood.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill
Yes, the gowan, and the blue bell, and many a one beside.
From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
And as for the thistle, with that hostile, spiteful, unbrotherly motto, Nemo me impune lacessit,—Scotland shall henceforth assume as her floral type the simple "gowan fine."
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen, For there, lightly tripping among the wild flowers, A' listening the linnet, oft wanders my Jean.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Whaur the wee white gowan wi' reid reid tips, Was as white as her cheek and as reid as her lips.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
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