A kind of tree, in later use identifiable as tamarisk. Cf. quickbeam, n.

A kind of tree (not always possible to identify, esp. in early use); spec. the wych elm Ulmus glabra and the rowan (or mountain ash), Sorbus aucuparia…

More fully quicken tree. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Formerly also: †a juniper (obsolete rare). Cf. quickbeam, n.

? The mountain-ash (apparently rendering Latin ornus).

= rowan, n.1 2.

Any of several trees of the genus Sorbus, esp. the European rowan (S. acuparia), the wild service tree (S. torminalis), and the North American…

identified by the herbalists sometimes with the mountain ash, sometimes with the Ornus of the continent.

the rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia.

Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus (family Rosaceae), typically having pinnate leaves, white flowers, and red berries; esp. S. aucuparia of…

a rowan berry; a rowan tree.

In full whitten-tree. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. whitty, n. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical.

The rowan (or mountain ash), Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. quicken, n.1, whitten, n. 1c.

a rowan tree.

The mountain-ash or rowan-tree: = quicken, n.1; also wickeyberry tree.

The European mountain ash, Sorbus acuparia, a small deciduous tree with pinnate leaves and clusters of white flowers; (in later use also) any of…

With distinguishing word or phrase, forming names of species of the genus Sorbus. In full †narrow-leaved service tree, fowler's service tree, †fowle…

The rowan-tree; = service tree, n. 2d.

the oakleaf mountain ash, Sorbusx hybrida, which is native to Scandinavia and the Baltic region, and cultivated as an ornamental in northern…

U.S. regional (north-eastern). More fully roundwood tree. The American mountain ash, Sorbus americana; cf. rowan, n.1

With distinguishing word or phrase, forming names of species of the genus Sorbus. In full †narrow-leaved service tree, fowler's service tree, †fowle…