† ˈcorn-tree Obs.
[OE. corntréow, f. L. corn-us cornel + tréow tree.]
= cornel-tree.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 138 Cornus, corn⁓treow. a 1000 Ags. Gloss. ibid. 217 De cortice cornu, of corntreowes rindum. 1551 Turner Herbal i. M ij b, The female is called of some doge berry tree: sume call it corn tree. 1577 Harrison England ii. xx. (1877) i. 330 Strange fruit such as almonds, figges, corne-trees. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 145 A man bitten with a mad Dog, falleth mad presently when he cometh under the shadow of a Corn-tree. |