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Definition of Cornel
1. Noun. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.
Group relationships: Cornus, Genus Cornus
Terms within: Dogwood
Specialized synonyms: Common White Dogwood, Cornus Florida, Eastern Flowering Dogwood, American Dogwood, Cornus Stolonifera, Red Dogwood, Red Osier, Red Osier Dogwood, Redbrush, Cornus Obliqua, Silky Dogwood, Cornus Amomum, Silky Cornel, Silky Dogwood, Blood-twig, Common European Dogwood, Cornus Sanguinea, Pedwood, Red Dogwood, Bunchberry, Cornus Canadensis, Crackerberry, Dwarf Cornel, Pudding Berry, Cornelian Cherry, Cornus Mas
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Definition of Cornel
1. n. The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
Definition of Cornel
1. Noun. (botany) Any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, i.e., dogwood, especially ''C. mas'', the w:European cornel. ¹
2. Noun. The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible, often termed a cornelian cherry or cornel cherry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cornel
1. a hardwood tree or shrub [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornel
Literary usage of Cornel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"cornel. Vertical section of flower (mag.) cornel. Kernel (mag.). cornel. Fruit cut
vertically (mag.). cornel. Fruit. cornel. Pistil and calyx (mag.). ..."
2. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"THE different species of cornel abound in all places occupied by the viburnum,
... The Florida cornel, called the Flowering Dogwood, bears scarlet berries; ..."
3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Its fruits are very similar to those of the dwarf cornel, but are a little more
... Closely related to the round-leafed dogwood is the silky cornel or ..."
4. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Of the cornelian cherry there is a ' male' and a 'female' kind (cornel), and the
latter bears a corresponding name. Both have a leaf like that of the almond ..."
5. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1859)
"... cornel, DOGWOOD. Flowers perfect (or in some foreign species dioecious).
Calyx minutely 4 toothed. Petals 4, oblong, spreading. ..."
6. Studies of Trees in Winter: A Description of the Deciduous Trees of by Annie Oakes Huntington (1902)
"... flowering cornel, this unfortunate confusion would soon end. The wood is
strong, hard, and close-grained, and takes polish exceedingly well. ..."
7. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"236.; Female cornel, Dogberry Tree, Hound Tree, Hound's-berry Tree, ... and Female
cornel, because it bears fruit when very young ; whereas ..."
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