different between gowan vs powan

English

Etymology

Scots, from Gaelic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

gowan (plural gowans)

1. (Northumbria) The common daisy.
   • 1788, Robert Burns, 'Auld Lang Syne'

     We twa hae run about the braes,

     and pou’d the gowans fine;

     But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,

     sin' auld lang syne.
2. (mineralogy) Decomposed granite.

References

• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Michael Quinion, World Wide Words, "Pluck the gowans fine"

Anagrams

• Wagon, wagon, wango, wonga

Scots

Etymology

From the original form gollan the marsh marigold.

Noun

gowan (plural gowans)

1. The common daisy.
   • 1788, Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne:

     We twa hae run about the braes, / and pu’d the gowans fine ; / But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot, / sin auld lang syne.

English

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Noun

powan (plural powans)

1. Coregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.