Definitions
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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