mountain ash
Americannoun
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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.
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any of certain other trees, as several Australian species of eucalyptus.
noun
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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
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any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans
Etymology
Origin of mountain ash
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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These sites span a large rainfall gradient and vary enormously in their structure: from sparse and short arid woodlands in Western Australia to towering, 90-m tall mountain ash forests in Tasmania.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
The familiar workhorses of the birds’ berry buffet, like Pyracantha and holly, mountain ash and Nandina, are all pretty enough.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
In the understory, wildflowers bloom and bees buzz; blueberries, mountain ash, birch, and other shrubs and small trees thrive.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2021
The bloom is followed by a wave of fruition: blueberries, orange umbels of mountain ash, elderberries, chokecherries, and pine nuts.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2019
Strange that the mountain ash, the rowan tree, should be held in horror by witches.
From The South Isles of Aran by Burke, Oliver J.
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