whitebeam

English

whitebeams Sorbus aria

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English witbeam, equivalent to white +‎ beam (“tree”) – see Old English bēam (“tree”). In the name, white refers to the color of the leaves, when emergent and later the undersides.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪtˌbiːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪtˌbim/

Noun

whitebeam (plural whitebeams)

1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.

Derived terms

• Bristol whitebeam
• no parking whitebeam

 

Translations

any of various Eurasian deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria

• Albanian: vadhëviçe e bardhë f
• Arabic: مُشْتَهَى f (muštahā)
• Bulgarian: мукина f (mukina)
• Catalan: moixera f
• Danish: akselrøn c
• Dutch: meelbes f
• French: alisier (fr) m, alisier blanc (fr) m, allouchier (fr) m
• Galician: raño m
• German: Mehlbeere (de) f
• Hungarian: lisztes berkenye (hu), süvölvény berkenye
• Irish: bíoma bán m
• Italian: sorbo montano m
• Polish: jarząb mączny (pl) m
• Portuguese: mostajeiro-branco m
• Romanian: sorb (ro) m
• Romansch: fignicler m
• Spanish: mostajo m, serbal blanco m
• Swedish: vitoxel c
• Welsh: cerddin gwynion f pl