Rowan vs Roan – What’s the difference?

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Rowan vs Roan - What's the difference?
As a proper noun rowan is . As an adjective roan is especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in. As a noun roan is an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

rowan

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Noun

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  • Sorbus aucuparia , the European rowan.
  • Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus , belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

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    roan

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    Adjective

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  • Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  • Made of the leather called roan.
    • roan binding

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • The color of such an animal.
  • A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
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