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}]