cornel
European cornel fruits
Meaning
Noun
- Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (subgenus) (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum (subgenus)) or Cornus subg. Cornus (subgenus), especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
- The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
Related
Similar words
- cornelian cherry, cornel cherry
Origin
- From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus ("the European cornel").
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