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• A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
a type of tree or shrub with an edible fruit, 1550s, from German cornel-baum , from Old High German cornul , from Medieval Latin cornolium , from French cornouille , from Vulgar Latin *cornuculum , from Latin cornum "cornel-cherry," perhaps related to Greek ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers [syn: dogwood , dogwood tree ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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 ...