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mountain ash

noun

: a small tree that produces red berries

Full Definition of MOUNTAIN ASH

:  any of various trees or shrubs (genus Sorbus) of the rose family with pinnate leaves and red or orange-red fruits
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First Known Use of MOUNTAIN ASH

1597

Rhymes with MOUNTAIN ASH

balderdash, calabash, diaper rash, nettle rash, petty cash, soda ash, sour mash, succotash

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7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. mountain ash
  2. American mountain ash
  3. European mountain ash
  4. weeping mountain ash
  5. western mountain ash
  6. white mountain ash
  7. mountain-ash sawfly
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