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Definition of European mountain ash
1. Noun. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits.
Generic synonyms: Mountain Ash
Terms within: Rowanberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Mountain Ash
Literary usage of European mountain ash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
""We have planted many deciduous trees, mostly for ornament and shade: linden,
soft maple, elm, ash, box elder, poplar, black locust, European mountain ash. ..."
2. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"European mountain ash. Leaves odd-pinnate, softer and more graceful than those of
... The European mountain ash is a good, small ornamental tree of graceful ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"It is, apparently, a more robust-growing tree than the European mountain ash,
with larger leaves, shining above, and smooth beneath ; but it is, in reality, ..."
4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(S. Aucuparia) European mountain ash or ROWAN TREE The handsome foliage and showy
clusters of flowers and fruits make this a favourite genus of trees and ..."
5. Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs in the Arboretum and Botanic Garden at the by William Saunders, William Tyrrell Macoun (1899)
"1674.—P. Aucuparia fructu dulci. Planted, 1897. Hardy. 1675.—P. Aucuparia fructu
lúteo. Yellow- fruiti'd European mountain ash. Planted, 1894. Hardy. ..."
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