cornel

cor·nel

 (kôr′nəl, -nĕl′)

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Cornus, which includes the bunchberry and dogwoods.

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[Short for German Kornelbaum, cornel tree (from Middle High German kurnelboum, from Old High German kurnilboum) or from French cornouille, both from Medieval Latin corniola, from diminutive of Latin cornus.]

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cornel

(ˈkɔːnəl)

n

(Plants) any cornaceous plant of the genus Cornus, such as the dogwood and dwarf cornel

[C16: probably from Middle Low German kornelle, from Old French cornelle, from Vulgar Latin cornicula (unattested), from Latin cornum cornel cherry, from cornus cornel tree]

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cor•nel

(ˈkɔr nl)

n.

any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.

[1400–50; late Middle English corneille < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *cornicul(a)= Latin corn(us) cornel + -i- -i- + -cula -cule¹]

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1.

cornel - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers dogwood, dogwood tree Cornus, genus Cornus - a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere dogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood common white dogwood, Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood - deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush, red dogwood - common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Cornus obliqua, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel Cornus amomum, silky cornel, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, pedwood, red dogwood - European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska cornelian cherry, Cornus mas - deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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