rowan : Idioms & Phrases

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Rowan barry

  • a barry of the rowan tree.
Webster 1913

rowan tree

  • noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
    rowan; Sorbus aucuparia; European mountain ash.
WordNet
Row"an tree`
Etymology
Cf. Sw. rönn, Dan. rönne, Icel. reynir, and L. ornus.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).
Webster 1913

sir william rowan hamilton

  • noun Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
    Sir William Rowan Hamilton; Hamilton.
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william rowan hamilton

  • noun Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
    Sir William Rowan Hamilton; Hamilton.
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