1. the small red or orange berry of the rowan tree, typically bitter and used to make jellies or preserves

Examples

• The bright red rowanberries hung in clusters from the tree branches.
• She made a tart jelly from the rowanberries she collected in the forest.
• Birds often feed on rowanberries during the autumn months.
• The rowanberry’s bitter taste makes it unsuitable for eating raw.
• Traditional recipes call for rowanberries to be cooked with sugar to reduce their tartness.
• Rowanberries are rich in vitamin C and have been used in folk medicine.