Phrase guide

mountain ash

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A town in Mountain Ash East community and Mountain Ash West community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0499). The communities have no councils.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community and coal town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.

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noun

Meaning 3

A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 2007, Tyler Guthrie, Mountain Ash: Formally Rowan Tree, Trinity College, Academic Dissertation.

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noun

Meaning 4

Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 5

A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 6

A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 7

low-growing ash of Texas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Fraxinus texensis

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Broader terms: ash, ash tree

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noun

Meaning 8

tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Eucalyptus regnans

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Broader terms: eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree

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noun

Meaning 9

any of various trees of the genus Sorbus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Narrower terms: rowan, rowan tree, European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, American mountain ash, Sorbus americana, Western mountain ash, Sorbus sitchensis, service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: офика (ofika) — tree in the genus Sorbus
  • Dutch: lijsterbes — tree in the genus Sorbus
  • Finnish: pihlaja — tree in the genus Sorbus
  • Latin: sorbus — tree in the genus Sorbus
  • Polish: jarząb — tree in the genus Sorbus
  • Finnish: kuningaseukalyptus — Eucalyptus regnans
  • Polish: eukaliptus królewski — Eucalyptus regnans
  • Polish: jesion teksański — Fraxinus texensis