Definition of Cornel

1. Noun. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.


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

corneal spot
corneal staphyloma
corneal stroma
corneal topography
corneal transplant
corneal transplantation
corneal trepanation
corneal ulcer
corneally
corneas
corned
corned beef
corned beef hash
corneitis
corneitises
cornel (current term)
cornelian
cornelian cherry
cornelians
cornell medical index
cornels
cornemuse
cornemuses
corneoblepharon
corneocyte envelope
corneocytes
corneosclera
corneoscleral

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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