mountain ash

[ moun-tn ash ]

/ ˈmaʊn tn ˌæʃ /

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noun

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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Origin of mountain ash

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby mountain ash

moundsman, Mounds View, Moundsville, mount, mountain, mountain ash, mountain avens, mountain beaver, mountain bike, mountain bluebird, mountain bluet

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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. Rexford
It 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 Noake
Those 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 Mawson
I 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-Gould

He 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

mountain ash

noun

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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