cornus sanguinea

3 definitions found

cornus sanguinea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
     A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
     (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
     tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
     [1913 Webster]

  blood-twig \blood-twig\ n.
     1. a European deciduous shrub (Cornus sanguinea) turning
        red in autumn having dull white flowers.
  
     Syn: common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood.
          [WordNet 1.5]

cornus sanguinea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cornus sanguinea
      n 1: European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull
           white flowers [syn: common European dogwood, red dogwood
           , blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea]