CORNEL

dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel

(noun) a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cornel (plural cornels)

Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.

The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.

Synonyms

• (cherry-like fruit): cornelian cherry, cornel cherry

Anagrams

• Lorenc, cloner, cronel

Source: Wiktionary


Cor"nel (-nl), n. Etym: [OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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