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MOUNTAIN ASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing ash of Texas

Synonyms:

Fraxinus texensis; mountain ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain ash" is a kind of...):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Eucalyptus regnans; mountain ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain ash" is a kind of...):

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various trees of the genus Sorbus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mountain ash" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mountain ash"):

European mountain ash; rowan; rowan tree; Sorbus aucuparia (Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits)

American mountain ash; Sorbus americana (a variety of mountain ash)

Sorbus sitchensis; Western mountain ash (an ash of the western coast of North America)

service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica (medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("mountain ash" is a member of...):

genus Sorbus; Sorbus (a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves)

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