Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

rowan

Syllabification: (row·an)
Pronunciation: /ˈrouən, ˈrōən/
(also rowan tree)
Translate rowan | into German
Definition of rowan

noun

  • a mountain ash, in particular the European Sorbus aucuparia.
  • (also rowan berry) the scarlet berry of the rowan tree.

Origin:

late 15th century (originally Scots and northern English): of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian rogn

rowan in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of rowan in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

epithalamium

/ ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm /
noun
a song or poem celebrating a marriage …