縮寫自 rowan-tree,最終來自 PIE*reudh,紅色的，詞源同 red,ruby.因這種灌木結的紅色漿果而 得名。
There were those in this neighbourhood, long after the beginning of the present century, who believed that a slip of rowan tree carried on their person dispelled glamour, and rendered nugatory all the powers of sorcery and witchcraft. [Alexander Laing, "Lindores Abbey and the Burgh of Newburgh," Edinburgh, 1876]
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