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A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
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cornel
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n. 1 (context botany English) Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, (taxlink Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum subgenus noshow=1) or (taxlink Cornus subg. Cornus subgenus noshow=1), especially ''Cornus mas'', the (vern European cornel pedia=1). 2 The ...
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Cornel may refer to: People : Plants Several species of the dogwood family: Cornus canadensis , Canadian dwarf cornel Cornus mas , Cornelian cherry or European cornel Cornus officinalis , Japanese cornel or Japanese cornelian cherry Cornus suecica , dwarf ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] (Bot.) The cornelian cherry ( Cornus Mas ), a European shrub ...
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n. a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers [syn: dogwood , dogwood tree ]
Usage examples of cornel.
Their casques adorn'd with laurel wreaths they wear, Each brandishing aloft a cornel spear.
Fix'd in the wound th' Italian cornel stood, Warm'd in his lungs, and in his vital blood.