(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:57:00

Gow"an (?), n. [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.

 

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