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Definition of Rowanberry
1. Noun. Decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree.
Generic synonyms: Fruit
Definition of Rowanberry
1. Noun. The small spherical fruits of the rowan or European rowan (''Sorbus aucuparia''), a species of rowan (''Sorbus'' subgenus ''Sorbus''), native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia; the fruits are bitter and inedible if uncooked, but may be used in the making of jellies and jams. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rowanberry
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowanberry
Literary usage of Rowanberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs for the Chapel: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records by Ambrose White Vernon, Alvin Howard Sanders, Charles Henry Morse (1900)
"rowanberry was of greater scale and greater length. Of the Rettie lot secured I
have always had a leaning for the progeny of the cow Northern Belle. ..."
2. Shorthorn Cattle: A Series of Historical Sketches, Memoirs and Records of by Alvin Howard Sanders (1918)
"rowanberry was of greater scale and greater length. Of the Rettie lot secured I
have always had a leaning for the progeny of the cow Northern ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1900)
"I chanced to be on my way abroad in May when I noticed that a match had been
arranged between rowanberry, ridden by S. Loates, and Shepperton, ..."
4. Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History by Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1898)
"... is occasionally clever, but its fun His defects. dawns woods daisies flames
rowanberry mmte tosses; antlers hedgehogs; ..."
5. The Guernsey Breed by Charles Louis Hill (1917)
"Name and Number milk fat in milk 52 weeks 1 Bilberry III 4701 8578 411.7 51 360
2 rowanberry 4978 7.993 367.6 50 360 3 Trusty III 5341 7672 337.5 42 360 4 ..."
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