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