"mountain ash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mountain ashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} mountain ash (usually uncountable, plural mountain ashes)
  1. (British) A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia. Tags: British, uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Eucalypts, Olive family plants, Pome fruits
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  2. Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Eucalypts, Olive family plants, Pome fruits Translations (tree in the genus Sorbus): офика (ofika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lijsterbes [feminine] (Dutch), pihlaja (Finnish), sorbus [feminine] (Latin)
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  3. A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Eucalypts, Olive family plants, Pome fruits Synonyms (Eucalyptus regnans): stringy gum, swamp gum, Tasmanian oak, Victorian ash Translations (Eucalyptus regnans): kuningaseukalyptus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mountain_ash-en-noun-0N~9Bsyf Disambiguation of Eucalypts: 21 31 33 15 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 19 30 35 16 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 21 33 32 14 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 22 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 26 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 25 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 26 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 31 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 27 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 30 29 25 16 Disambiguation of 'Eucalyptus regnans': 9 17 63 11 Disambiguation of 'Eucalyptus regnans': 9 17 63 11
  4. A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Eucalypts, Olive family plants, Pome fruits Synonyms (Fraxinus texensis): Texas ash Derived forms: American mountain ash
    Sense id: en-mountain_ash-en-noun-J2Mk1FSb Disambiguation of Eucalypts: 21 31 33 15 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 19 30 35 16 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 21 33 32 14 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 22 29 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 26 26 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 25 27 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 26 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 31 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 27 20 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 30 29 25 16 Disambiguation of 'Fraxinus texensis': 12 15 10 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Sorbus aucuparia): European rowan, rowan, quicken [Ireland, Northern-England]
Disambiguation of 'Sorbus aucuparia': 41 35 12 13

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          "rowan",
          "rowan"
        ],
        [
          "European rowan",
          "European rowan"
        ],
        [
          "Sorbus aucuparia",
          "Sorbus aucuparia#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, William M. Healy, Shrubs and Vines for Northeastern Wildlife, numbers 6-10, page 99:",
          "text": "All three mountain-ashes are shrubs of climax and subclimax northern coniferous forest communities, along with speckled alder, Labrador tea, mountain and red maples, yellow birch, and bunchberry.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Elna Fone Nugent, Mountain Ash: A New England Memoir, page 30:",
          "text": "To the front left of the house, just up from the sidewalk, was a mountain ash tree. Before I was born, Gramma Moody, planted the mountain ash tree there.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ruth Sims, The Legend of the Mountain Ash, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "In the hills of Appalachia, in a cove that no living man will ever find, is a Mountain Ash unlike any other in the world.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sorbus",
          "Sorbus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "North America",
          "North America"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Brendan Mackey, David Lindenmayer, Malcolm Gill, Michael McCarthy, Janette Lindesay, editors, Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis, page 42:",
          "text": "McCarthy and Lindenmayer (1998) developed a model of the development of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest in response to fire. The model predicted the prevalence of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest as a function of the mean fire interval.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Sorbus aucuparia",
      "word": "European rowan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Sorbus aucuparia",
      "word": "rowan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Sorbus aucuparia",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England"
      ],
      "word": "quicken"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Eucalyptus regnans",
      "word": "stringy gum"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Eucalyptus regnans",
      "word": "swamp gum"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Eucalyptus regnans",
      "word": "Tasmanian oak"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Eucalyptus regnans",
      "word": "Victorian ash"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Fraxinus texensis",
      "word": "Texas ash"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ofika",
      "sense": "tree in the genus Sorbus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "офика"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tree in the genus Sorbus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lijsterbes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tree in the genus Sorbus",
      "word": "pihlaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tree in the genus Sorbus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorbus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Eucalyptus regnans",
      "word": "kuningaseukalyptus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mountain ash"
}

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