Found 2 items, similar to cornel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cornel
cornel
n : a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy
bracts resembling flowers [syn:
dogwood,
dogwood tree]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cornel
Cornel
\Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [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.) The cornelian cherry (
Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus
Cornus, as
Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel;
Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel;
Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
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