'Cornus Canadensis' definitions:
Definition of 'Cornus canadensis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska [syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis]
Definition of 'Cornus Canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cornus Canadensis'
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]
Definition of 'Cornus canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- crackerberry \crackerberry\ n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
- Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, {Cornus canadensis}. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Cornus canadensis'
From: GCIDE
- crackerberry \crackerberry\ n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
- Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, {Cornus canadensis}. [WordNet 1.5]