gowan

American  

[gou-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

Etymology

Origin of gowan

1560–70; earlier gollan < Old Norse gollinn golden

Example Sentences

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

Sweet smells the birk, green grows, green grows the grass, Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan; Fair hangs the apple frae the rock, Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowin'!

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

Down in the lower lands the corn is growing long and green, mingled with orange of marigold and crimson blush of wild poppy, and the meadows snowed over with gowan and scented clover.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

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 Holmes, Daniel Turner

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)