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mountain ash

DEFINITIONS OF: mountain ash

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n any of various trees of the genus Sorbus

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European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, rowan, rowan tree
Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
American mountain ash, Sorbus americana
a variety of mountain ash
Sorbus sitchensis, Western mountain ash
an ash of the western coast of North America
Sorbus domestica, service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree
medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
Sorbus torminalis, wild service tree
European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

n low-growing ash of Texas

Synonyms:
Fraxinus texensis
Type of:
ash, ash tree
any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

n tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world

Synonyms:
Eucalyptus regnans
Type of:
eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
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