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Definition of Gowan
1. n. The daisy, or mountain daisy.
Definition of Gowan
1. Noun. (Northumbria) The common daisy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gowan
1. a daisy [n -S] : GOWANED, GOWANY [adj] - See also: daisy
Medical Definition of Gowan
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1. The daisy, or mountain daisy. "And pu'd the gowans fine." (Burns)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gowan
Literary usage of Gowan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"On November 2, 1900, he acquired the life estate of Simeon gowan in the ...
"Wales P. gowan went into possession of the property under the deed from WA ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"The name gowan, although no doubt originally applied to yellow flowers, ...
Usually intended by modern writers when the word gowan is used without prefix. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"The name gowan, although no doubt originally applied to yellow flowers, ...
Usually intended by modern writers when tho word gowan is used without prefix. ..."
4. The Canadian Portrait Gallery by John Charles Dent (1881)
"The late Mr. gowan was afterwards appointed Deputy Clerk of the Crown for the
county of Simcoe, which position, we believe, he retained until his death in ..."
5. Sketches of Celebrated Canadians: And Persons Connected with Canada, from by Henry James Morgan (1862)
"OGLE R. gowan, ESQ. THIS gentleman is a native of the county of Wexford, ...
Mr O. R)( gowan edited a political newspaper, published in the city of Dublin, ..."
6. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861: To by Victoria (1868)
"Albert had to see Mr. Walpole, and therefore it was nearly eleven o'clock before
we could go up to the top of Craig gowan, to see the cairn built, ..."
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