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Definition of Silky cornel
1. Noun. Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silky Cornel
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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