What is "cornus sanguinea"

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).

blood-twig \blood-twig\ n. 1. a European deciduous shrub ( Cornus sanguinea) turning red in autumn having dull white flowers.

Syn: common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood.

Cornus sanguinea, the common dogwood, is a species of dogwood native to most of Europe and western Asia, occurring north to southern England and southern Scandinavia, and east to the Caspian Sea. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant.