English
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)
- Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria (now Aria edulis), native to Eurasia, especially common whitebeam.
Derived terms
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 (nl) 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
- Slovak: jarabina mukyňová f
- Spanish: mostajo m, serbal blanco m
- Swedish: vitoxel c
- Welsh: cerddin gwynion f pl
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