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Cornel n.

(Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida, the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.

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Etymology of 'Cornel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cornel" Quotes from Famous Books

... in return for the charity bestowed a sprig of holly or mistletoe was given.{68} Possibly the sprig was originally a sacrament of the healthful spirit of growth: it may be compared with the olive- or cornel-branches carried about on New Year's Eve by Macedonian boys,{69} and also with the St. ...

— Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan • Clement A. Miles

Words linked to "Cornel" : pedwood, Cornus canadensis, pudding berry, silky dogwood, Cornus, bunchberry, common European dogwood, flowering tree, Cornus florida, crackerberry, red dogwood, American dogwood, red osier dogwood, genus Cornus, redbrush, common white dogwood, dogwood tree, Cornus obliqua, Cornus mas, eastern flowering dogwood, dwarf cornel, Cornus sanguinea, Cornus stolonifera, angiospermous tree, cornelian cherry