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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Bot.) A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europæus).

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  • noun obsolete Any of various small trees: the guelder-rose (Viburnum opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus).

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Compare UK dialect gatter bush.

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