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rowan
/ˈɹoʊ.ən/
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What does rowan mean?
noun
- Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
- Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
- Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).
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proper noun
- A surname from Irish.
- A male given name from Irish.
- A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
- A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
- One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Morehead. Rowan County.
- One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Salisbury. Rowan County.
noun
- (obsolete) wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
- (dated) Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
- (archaic) Alternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).
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IPA pronunciation
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He went above where the rowan berries were, and bending down he picked two of them and put them into his mouth.
The leaves are pale green, and pinnate, somewhat resembling those of the Rowan Tree.
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IT was the night following that of the double tragedy at Rowan House.
His flight in search of food had daily led him farther on, till he had discovered and explored the Rosedale Creek, with its banks of silver-birch, and Castle Frank, with its grapes and rowan berries, as well as Chester woods, where amelanchier and Virginia-creeper swung their fruit-bunches, and checkerberries glowed beneath the snow.