"gowan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gowans [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊən Etymology: Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|-}} Scots, {{der|en|gd}} Scottish Gaelic [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} gowan (plural gowans)
  1. (Northumbria) A common daisy (Bellis perennis). Tags: Northumbria Categories (lifeform): Astereae tribe plants
    Sense id: en-gowan-en-noun-ah03s~nE Disambiguation of Astereae tribe plants: 81 19 Categories (other): Northumbrian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18
  2. (mineralogy) Decomposed granite. Categories (topical): Mineralogy
    Sense id: en-gowan-en-noun-5jZwL2sa Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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