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Webster 1913 Edition

Gowan

Gow′an

,

Noun.

[Scot., fr. Gael.

gugan

bud, flower, daisy.]

1.

The daisy, or mountain daisy.

[Scot.]

And pu’d the

gowans

fine.

Burns.

2.

(Min.)

Decomposed granite.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gowan

GOW'AN

,

Noun.

A plant, a species of Bellis or daisy.