gowan

== English == === Etymology === From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊ.ən/ Rhymes: -əʊən === Noun === gowan (countable and uncountable, plural gowans) (Northumbria, countable) A common daisy (Bellis perennis). (mineralogy, uncountable) Decomposed granite. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, "Pluck the gowans fine" === Anagrams === wagon, Wagon, Wogan, wango, wonga == Scots == === Etymology === From the original form gollan, meaning the marsh marigold. === Noun === gowan (plural gowans) A common daisy (Bellis perennis).