Usually means: Tree known for vibrant berries.
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  1. rowan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rowan: Merriam-Webster
  3. rowan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rowan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rowan: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rowan: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rowan, rowan: Wordnik
  8. rowan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rowan, rowan: Wiktionary
  10. rowan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rowan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rowan: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rowan, rowan: Dictionary.com
  14. rowan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Rowan (disambiguation), Rowan (name), Rowan (wrestler), Rowan, The Rowan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rowan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rowan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rowan: Rhymezone
  19. Rowan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rowan: FreeDictionary.org
  21. rowan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. rowan: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Rowan: Botanical Name listing of Plants

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  1. Rowan: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
noun:  Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
noun:  (obsolete) wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
noun:  A surname from Irish.
noun:  A male given name from Irish.
noun:  A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.
noun:  Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”) [A second crop of hay; aftermath.]
noun:  (Scotland) dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”). [A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.]
noun:  (archaic, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”)

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