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# rowan

noun (a rowan, rowans); proper noun (Rowan) — a name

«rowan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A rowan is a small tree with feathery leaves and bunches of bright red-orange berries in autumn, also called a mountain ash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#m1)
2. (a name) Rowan is a first name for boys and girls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons, birds eat rowan berries in autumn; in folklore in Scotland and Ireland, a rowan near a house was said to keep away witches. Phrases: rowan berries, rowan tree.

### Examples

- Birds ate the rowan berries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x1)
- A rowan tree grows by our gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x2)
- The rowan's berries are bright red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x3)
- Rowan is in Year 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x4)
- Old stories say rowan keeps witches away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x5)
- Rowan leaves look like feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x6)
- Between the crevices there grew a little rowan tree and four alder bushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/#x7)

### Note

Say ROH-un (Scotland also ROW-un). As a name, capital R. Rowan berries are not for eating raw.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rowan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rowan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rowan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rowan.html) on Mova free.