rowan
noun
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
rowans
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pluralof rowan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2020
Gurgi, sniffing hungrily, ran ahead and disappeared into a stand of rowans.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
Nevertheless, he could not quite overcome his surprise when, after a short while, they indeed came upon a swift running brook winding its way through a stand of rowans.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Just as he reached the little lawn among the rowans he overtook him, toiling uphill, panting and calling, Frodo!
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
In Norfolk this is called "aftermath eddish," and "rowans" or "rawins."
From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
