cornel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈkɔːnəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-cornel.wav

cornel cornels

From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).

cornelian cherry cornel cherry

dogwood

Canadian dwarf cornel cornelian cherry dwarf cornel European cornel Japanese cornel Japanese cornelian cherry silky cornel

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