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When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life.
Morris Gleitzman

Meaning of "mountain ash" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUNTAIN ASH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUNTAIN ASH

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Mountain ash is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOUNTAIN ASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mountain ash

Mountain ash is a name used for several trees, none of immediate relation. It may refer to: ▪ Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants and other floral species ▪ Fraxinus texensis, an ash tree species in Texas ▪ In Ireland and Britain it is used exclusively for Sorbus aucuparia, which is also commonly known as Rowan. ▪ In North America trees in the subgenus Sorbus subgenus Sorbus are often styled as mountain-ashes to convey their unrelatedness to true ashes.

Definition of mountain ash in the English dictionary

The definition of mountain ash in the dictionary is any of various trees of the rosaceous genus Sorbus, such as S aucuparia, having clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries. Other definition of mountain ash is any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUNTAIN ASH

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUNTAIN ASH

ash
bone ash
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clash
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flash
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hash
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Moreton Bay ash
New Zealand ash
pearl ash
prickly ash
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splash
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Synonyms and antonyms of mountain ash in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mountain ash» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUNTAIN ASH

Find out the translation of mountain ash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mountain ash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mountain ash» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灰山
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fresno de montaña
570 millions of speakers

English

mountain ash
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पहाड़ राख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرماد الجبلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рябина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

montanha de cinzas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্বত পর্বত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sorbier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abu gunung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eberesche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナナカマド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산 화산재
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awu gunung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tro núi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலை சாம்பல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माउंटन राख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dağ külü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sorbo degli uccellatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jarzębina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

горобина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cenușă munte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέφρα βουνό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berg as
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rönn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mountain ash
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mountain ash

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTAIN ASH»

The term «mountain ash» is regularly used and occupies the 102.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTAIN ASH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mountain ash

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QUOTES WITH «MOUNTAIN ASH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mountain ash.
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Morris Gleitzman
When I did finally live in the Dandenongs, the mountain ash forests became an important part of my life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTAIN ASH»

Discover the use of mountain ash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mountain ash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The genus Sorbus: mountain ash and other rowans
Cultivation, propagation, apomixis, horticulture.
Hugh McAllister, Brian Mathew, 2005
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Mountain Ash
To the front left of the house, just up from the sidewalk, was a mountain ash tree. Before I was born, Gramma Moody, planted the mountain ash tree there. Mother said it was just a sprig when she stuck it into the ground. By the time I could walk  ...
Elna Fone Nugent, 2008
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The Legend of the Mountain Ash
In the hills of Appalachia, in a cove that no living man will ever find, is a Mountain Ash unlike any other in the world. It is not one tree but two, twined around each other in the same way that vines twine around a host. It stands as it has for nearly  ...
Ruth Sims, 2011
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Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast
MOUNTAIN-ASH 169 and fields and along road edges and stream banks. Joseph Mick, in Pennsylvania Trees, cited "rocky woods and old pastures with sandy or gravelly soil" as primary habitats; he considered red-fruited hawthorn to be less ...
Charles Fergus, 2002
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Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
MOUNTAIN ASH fSorbus) FAMILY - Rose (Rosaceae) OTHER NAMES - American Mountain Ash. European Mountain Ash, Quickbeam, Rowan Tree. DESCRIPTION - The trees and shrubs of the mountain ash make such decorative  ...
Bradford Angier, 1974
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Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attracting Birds
Sorbus americana (Marsh.) DC. ROSACEAE Description. American mountain- ash is a hardy small tree or large shrub usually found on rocky hillsides. It grows to 40 feet, with a diameter of 12 inches. It is an ideal specimen for the small lawn.
Richard M. DeGraaf, 2002
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Ortho Home Gardener's Problem Solver
Bacteria spend the winter in the sunken cankers on branches. In spring, the bacteria ooze out of the cankers. Bees, flies, and other insects are attracted to the sticky ooze. When insects visit a mountain ash flower for nectar, they infect it with the ...
Denny Schrock, Ortho Books, 2004
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Wildlife, Fire & Future Climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis
McCarthy and Lindenmayer (1998) developed a model of the development of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest in response to fire. The model predicted the prevalence of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest as a function of the mean fire interval.
Brendan Mackey, 2002
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The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Lenartowicz (1988) reached a similar conclusion but recommended that European mountain-ash seeds be stratified at 20 °C for 6 weeks and then germinated at 3 °C to gain the benefits of a shortened period during which most germination ...
F. T. Bonner, Robert P. Karrfalt
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The Book of Forest and Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and ...
Mountain- Ash, American (Sorbus americana). Rose family. Shrub or small tree in cool, moist woods openings. Its alternate compound leaves with eleven to seventeen leaflets, gummy red buds, flattish sprays of white flowers, and fleshy, ...
John Andrew Eastman, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUNTAIN ASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mountain ash is used in the context of the following news items.
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Native forests can help hit emissions targets - if we leave them alone
Meanwhile, up to 60% of the remaining biomass in Victorian Mountain Ash forests is logging slash – tree heads, lateral branches, understorey ... «TheBull.com.au, Jul 15»
2
Bird habitat tour will let imagination take wing
Finches, for example like rabbitbrush, apple trees, cottonwood, scrub (Gambel) oak, mountain ash, aspen, boxelder, Colorado blue spruce, ... «Castle Rock Newspress, Jul 15»
3
Episode #102 – Takin' Over The Asylum
That must be a lot of mountain ash to make them so woozy. And why can Lydia cross it? Where does she fit as a supernatural person? «Hypable, Jul 15»
4
Nature notes: green fruit
Mountain ash, or rowan, trees have clusters of green berries on them that will eventuallly turn glossy red — “like a lipsticked girl”, as the poet ... «The Times, Jul 15»
5
Police appeal for information over missing Treboeth teenager …
She was last seen in the Mountain Ash area. She was wearing jeans and a light blue hooded top. Chelsea has long hair and is around 5ft in ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
6
Resolute Ashton close to return
Ashton tore the ligaments in his left knee in only his second game for Naylor's men against South Wales Scorpions at Mountain Ash on April 19. «Oldham Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
'Teen Wolf' season 5, episode 5 recap: Read the book
Unfortunately, Kira and Scott can't cross the mountain ash, and so Stiles and Lydia must venture forth alone. Stiles see the Sluagh in a cell ... «Hypable, Jul 15»
8
Time is ripe for hounding huckleberries
Flowering currant, mountain ash, snowberry, heath, spirea, fireweed and azalea are other typical plant companions. Huckleberries cover a ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
9
Garden tour takes in retreats in Greensburg, Hempfield, Latrobe and …
... Larry andSonnie Miller displayed seldom-seen trees including a Contorted Locust, variegated Kousa dogwood and Mountain Ash and a koi ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
10
South Wales Scorpions lose to Hemel Stags
A fired up Hemel Stags gave a strong performance in the second half to overcome South Wales Scorpions 46-28 in Mountain Ash, writes Ian ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»

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