【医】 欧卫矛

[ noun ]
small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit
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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}).


Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}); -- so named from the use of
its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also
{spindle tree}.