cornel

American  

[kawr-nl] / ˈkɔr nl /

noun

1. any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.

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cornel British  

/ ˈkɔːnəl /

noun

1. any cornaceous plant of the genus Cornus, such as the dogwood and dwarf cornel

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Etymology

Origin of cornel

1400–50; late Middle English corneille < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *cornicul ( a ), equivalent to Latin corn ( us ) cornel + -i- -i- + -cula -cule ¹

Example Sentences

Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know.

From Literature

He protested: “Ah, Mordred, cornel Nay, we are not quarrelling with our King. There is no thought of that about it.”

From Literature

And Kirke tossed them acorns, mast, and cornel berries—fodder for hogs who rut and slumber on the earth.

From Literature

Thus sorrowing they were driven Into their cells, where Circe flung to them Acorns of oak and ilex, and the fruit Of cornel, such as nourish wallowing swine.”

From Project Gutenberg

Other wanderers from the tended orchard—cruelly sour plums and rouge-cheeked pears—growing among the cornel bushes, drop down for the field mouse and woodchuck their harvest of the wilderness.

From Project Gutenberg