What is "cornus canadensis"

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.

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.

Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel ( Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.

crackerberry \crackerberry\ n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb ( Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.

Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis.

Cornus canadensis (Canadian dwarf cornel, Canadian bunchberry, quatre-temps, crackerberry, creeping dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the Cornaceae (dogwood) family, native to eastern Asia (Japan, Korea, northeastern China ( Jilin Province) and the Russian Far East), northern United States, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Greenland. Unlike its relatives, which are for the most part substantial trees and shrubs, C. canadensis is a creeping, rhizomatous perennial growing to about tall.