Cornel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cornel
       n : a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy
           bracts resembling flowers [syn: {dogwood}, {dogwood tree}]