资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

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}).

资料来源 : WordNet®

Euonymus europaeus
     n : small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and
         cathartic bark and fruit [syn: {common spindle tree}]