dog tree

noun

: any of several Old World trees and shrubs: such as

a

: red dogwood sense 1

b

: a spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus)

c

: an elder (Sambucus nigra)

d

: guelder rose

e

: a common alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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