'Cornel' definitions:
Definition of 'cornel'
From: WordNet
noun
A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers [syn: dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel]
Definition of 'Cornel'
From: 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]