Obs. [OE. corntréow, f. L. corn-us cornel + tréow TREE.] = CORNEL-TREE.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 138. Cornus, corntreow.
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.
