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单词 mountain ash
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Definition of mountain ash in English:

mountain ash

noun
  • 1A small deciduous tree of the rose family, with compound leaves, white flowers, and red berries.

    Genus Sorbus, family Rosaceae: several species, in particular the North American S. americana

    Compare with rowan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Former opposition leader William Hague opened the new development by planting a native mountain ash tree on the site.
    • Even in winter there's an austere beauty to the bare branches of aspen, apricot, and apple trees, and the bright-red berries of mountain ash.
    • Restrictions were lifted on January 1 and nearly 3,000 trees have now been planted, including oak, ash, holly, hazel, hawthorn and mountain ash, covering five acres.
    • Cullentra Wood comprises a long established woodland mainly of oak, but also containing ash, hazel, holly, mountain ash, cherry, birch and alder.
    • The rowan tree, or mountain ash as it is better known, is now in full bloom.
    • From there down to about 8,100 feet is a subalpine forest with subalpine fir, mountain ash, and other species.
    • These trees, including many varieties of crabapple, hawthorn, pear, mountain ash, flowering quince and pyracantha, should be pruned during the dormant season.
    • The plundered tree is a native mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia.
    • Visitors to the garden will notice juniper, ash, walnut, mountain ash and beech trees as well as jasmine, honeysuckle, lilac, lilies and tulips.
    • A commemorative mountain ash tree will also be planted in their memory.
    • They eat almost exclusively fruit in the winter, relying on the berries of mountain ash, juniper, dogwood, and others.
    • Trees, including copper beech and mountain ash, are planted around the lawn area at the base of the garden to give a sense of scale.
    • They eat almost nothing but fruit in the winter, relying on the berries of mountain ash, juniper, holly, and others.
    • The mix of mountain ash and maple trees was part of an extensive landscaping project along Paddy Brown's Road carried out in conjunction with road improvements and the building of a new roundabout.
    • This winter, young mountain ash trees are weighed down with scarlet berries while Scots pine saplings flourish alongside their ancestors' gnarled remains.
    • It's hard to think of autumn and winter berries without thinking of the mountain ash, or rowan tree.
    • There are coast paths, too, winding through dwarf willow and mountain ash to ruined villages looking wistfully out to sea, their populations long since departed.
    • Many a Scots family planted mountain ash, a tree with brilliant red-orange berries, at its door to keep the witches and fairies away.
    • Oak, mountain ash, and coniferous trees are found in mountainous regions under 1,000 feet.
    • People wanted to see apple, pear, damson and decorative trees like mountain ash and oak planted.
  • 2Australian A eucalyptus tree that is grown for timber.

    Genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae: several species, in particular the very tall E. regnans

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Timber towns such as Woods Point, Noojee, and Matlock were burnt to the ground, as extensive tracts of mountain ash forest (including Melbourne's main catchment area) were incinerated.
    • Lowland riverine forests gradually become pockets of temperate rainforest, sprinkled with mountain ash and grey gums.
    • Now what about the tallest trees, because I believe the tallest one ever measured in Australia was a eucalyptus regnans, or a mountain ash, in Victoria.
    • The Jurassic grandeur of the Otway National Park soon enfolded the road, the car, and much of the daylight, within a leafy tunnel of mountain ash, gum, beech and ferns.
    • David Lindenmeyer raises a very interesting point that the mountain ash forests in Australia, in Victoria and Tasmania, are the best carbon sinks of any forests in the world, which is quite interesting.
 
 

Definition of mountain ash in US English:

mountain ash

nounˈmount(ə)n ˌaSHˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌæʃ
  • 1A small deciduous tree of the rose family, with compound leaves, white flowers, and red berries.

    Genus Sorbus, family Rosaceae: several species, in particular the North American S. americana

    Also called rowan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This winter, young mountain ash trees are weighed down with scarlet berries while Scots pine saplings flourish alongside their ancestors' gnarled remains.
    • Many a Scots family planted mountain ash, a tree with brilliant red-orange berries, at its door to keep the witches and fairies away.
    • There are coast paths, too, winding through dwarf willow and mountain ash to ruined villages looking wistfully out to sea, their populations long since departed.
    • People wanted to see apple, pear, damson and decorative trees like mountain ash and oak planted.
    • Cullentra Wood comprises a long established woodland mainly of oak, but also containing ash, hazel, holly, mountain ash, cherry, birch and alder.
    • They eat almost exclusively fruit in the winter, relying on the berries of mountain ash, juniper, dogwood, and others.
    • Oak, mountain ash, and coniferous trees are found in mountainous regions under 1,000 feet.
    • A commemorative mountain ash tree will also be planted in their memory.
    • They eat almost nothing but fruit in the winter, relying on the berries of mountain ash, juniper, holly, and others.
    • Former opposition leader William Hague opened the new development by planting a native mountain ash tree on the site.
    • Restrictions were lifted on January 1 and nearly 3,000 trees have now been planted, including oak, ash, holly, hazel, hawthorn and mountain ash, covering five acres.
    • These trees, including many varieties of crabapple, hawthorn, pear, mountain ash, flowering quince and pyracantha, should be pruned during the dormant season.
    • Even in winter there's an austere beauty to the bare branches of aspen, apricot, and apple trees, and the bright-red berries of mountain ash.
    • From there down to about 8,100 feet is a subalpine forest with subalpine fir, mountain ash, and other species.
    • The mix of mountain ash and maple trees was part of an extensive landscaping project along Paddy Brown's Road carried out in conjunction with road improvements and the building of a new roundabout.
    • The plundered tree is a native mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia.
    • The rowan tree, or mountain ash as it is better known, is now in full bloom.
    • It's hard to think of autumn and winter berries without thinking of the mountain ash, or rowan tree.
    • Visitors to the garden will notice juniper, ash, walnut, mountain ash and beech trees as well as jasmine, honeysuckle, lilac, lilies and tulips.
    • Trees, including copper beech and mountain ash, are planted around the lawn area at the base of the garden to give a sense of scale.
  • 2Australian A eucalyptus tree that is widely used for timber.

    Genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae: several species, in particular the very tall E. regnans

    Example sentencesExamples
    • David Lindenmeyer raises a very interesting point that the mountain ash forests in Australia, in Victoria and Tasmania, are the best carbon sinks of any forests in the world, which is quite interesting.
    • Timber towns such as Woods Point, Noojee, and Matlock were burnt to the ground, as extensive tracts of mountain ash forest (including Melbourne's main catchment area) were incinerated.
    • Now what about the tallest trees, because I believe the tallest one ever measured in Australia was a eucalyptus regnans, or a mountain ash, in Victoria.
    • The Jurassic grandeur of the Otway National Park soon enfolded the road, the car, and much of the daylight, within a leafy tunnel of mountain ash, gum, beech and ferns.
    • Lowland riverine forests gradually become pockets of temperate rainforest, sprinkled with mountain ash and grey gums.
 
 
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