(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:24:47

Whit"ten tree` (?). [Probably from white; cf. AS. hwitingtreów.] Bot.

Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches.

 

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