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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Any species of the genus {Cornus}, as {C. florida}, the flowering cornel; {C. stolonifera}, the osier cornel; {C. Canadensis}, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cornel n : a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy flower-like bracts [syn: {dogwood}, {dogwood tree}]
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