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mountain ash

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus of the rose family, having pinnately compound leaves, clusters of small white flowers, and orange-red berries.

2. A very tall eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus regnans) valued as a source of timber and pulpwood.

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mountain ash

1. (Plants) any of various trees of the rosaceous genus Sorbus, such as S aucuparia (European mountain ash or rowan), having clusters of small white flowers and bright red berries

2. (Plants) any of several Australian eucalyptus trees, such as Eucalyptus regnans

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moun′tain ash`

any of several small trees of the genus Sorbus, of the rose family, having flat-topped clusters of small, white flowers and bright red to orange berries.

[1590–1600]

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Noun	1.	mountain ash - any of various trees of the genus Sorbus genus Sorbus, Sorbus - a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves 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 angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	2.	mountain ash - tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world Eucalyptus regnans eucalypt, eucalyptus tree, eucalyptus - a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
	3.	mountain ash - low-growing ash of Texas Fraxinus texensis ash tree, ash - any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

Translations

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mucchio sorbo selvatico

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What meant the giving of the crucifix, of the garlic, of the wild rose, of the mountain ash?

To the west was a great valley, and then, rising far away, great jagged mountain fastnesses, rising peak on peak, the sheer rock studded with mountain ash and thorn, whose roots clung in cracks and crevices and crannies of the stone.

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She had discovered that a lane opened out below the apple orchard and ran up through a belt of woodland; and she had explored it to its furthest end in all its delicious vagaries of brook and bridge, fir coppice and wild cherry arch, corners thick with fern, and branching byways of maple and mountain ash.

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Once, in the stillness, the call of a bird in a mountain ash was so like her laughter that his heart tightened and then grew large; and all these things made him see that something must be done at once.

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On a healthy autumn day; when the golden fields had been reaped and ploughed again, when the summer fruits had ripened and waned, when the green perspectives of hops had been laid low by the busy pickers, when the apples clustering in the orchards were russet, and the berries of the mountain ash were crimson among the yellowing foliage.

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Guto: Story of the Nos Galan Road Races' is priced PS12.99 and copies are available from Mountain Ash Studios in Oxford Street, Mountain Ash and Aberdare public libraries and the Brynffynon Hotel, Llanwonno.

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The multi-million-pound Welsh Government plans mean the facility will soon be built in the centre of Mountain Ash in an attempt to help cope with a shortage of GP services in the area.

Healthcare centre plans approved

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) then worked with both the Metropolitan Police Service and South Wales Police to track the pillars as they headed to a barn, on a farm off Cefn Pennar Road, Mountain Ash, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

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CONSTRUCTION of more than 100 new homes in Mountain Ash will begin in the coming weeks.

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Silver joy for Quins

A DEVOTED family man and life-long supporter of Mountain Ash RFC has been remembered for his passion for rugby.

Farewell to family man Billy Dowding; If you want your tribute to a loved one to appear on this page contact Anna Lewis on 029 2024 3641 or email anna.lewis@walesonline.co.uk

Adam Smith, left, of Tanycoed Street, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, and Richard Thomas Shanahan, right, of Woodland Street, Mountain Ash, both wore white T-shirts.