† hound's-treen.
Herbalism. Obsolete.
A name in the herbalists for the Common Dogwood.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. li. 726 Cornus fœmina, in Englishe, the female Cornel tree; Houndes tree, and Hounde berie, or Dogge berie tree.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cornio..Houndes tree.
1776 Withering Brit. Pl. (1801) II. 198 Cornus sanguinea, Dogberry tree, Hounds tree, Houndsberry.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 109. ]
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