mountain ash

noun

any of several small trees of the genus Sorbus, of the rose family, having flat-topped clusters of small, white flowers and bright-red to orange berries.
any of certain other trees, as several Australian species of eucalyptus.

Origin of mountain ash

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby mountain ash

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British Dictionary definitions for mountain ash

mountain ash

noun

any of various trees of the rosaceous genus Sorbus, such as S aucuparia (European mountain ash or rowan), having clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries
any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans