cornel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cor=nel

CIDE DICTIONARY

cornel, 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.].

•  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]
•  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cornel, n. any plant of the genus Cornus, esp. a dwarf kind, C. suecica.

Etymology

ME f. L cornus