Definition of Silky cornel

1. Noun. Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit.

Exact synonyms: Cornus Amomum, Silky Dogwood
Generic synonyms: Cornel, Dogwood, Dogwood Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silky Cornel

silktails
silkware
silkwares
silkwear
silkweed
silkweeds
silkwoman
silkwomen
silkwood
silkworm
silkworm moth
silkworm seed
silkworms
silky
silky anteater
silky cornel (current term)
silky dogwood
silky elm
silky oak
silky pocket mouse
silky tamarin
silky terrier
silky willow
silky wisteria
sill
sillabication
sillabub
sillabubs
silladar
silladars

Literary usage of Silky cornel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1906)
"(Rhus trilobata and R. glabra), silky cornel (Cornus sericea), arrow-wood (Viburnum), black willow (Salix nigra), mountain laurel (Kalmia) and ironwood ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"(Rhus trilobata and R. glabra), silky cornel ... and this name has persisted to the present as one of the names of silky cornel. ..."

3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The fruit is of a light blue color and has an almost globular stone. Closely related to the round-leafed dogwood is the silky cornel or ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"... but the silky cornel, a species of dogwood, bearing, especially in winter, a marked resemblance to the red-bark willow. See Smoking, Tobacco. (л.к.с. ..."

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