Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. cerrus, a kind of oak + TREE.] A species of oak: the Turkey Oak (Quercus Cerris), or the Holm Oak (Q. Ilex).
1577. B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb. (1586), 102 b. An other Mast bearing Oke there is … a kinde whereof some thinke the Cerre tree to be, called in Latine Cerrus.
