cornelian cherry

American  

noun

1. a Eurasian shrub or small tree, Cornus mas, of the dogwood family, having shiny, ovate leaves and yellow flowers.

2. its tart, edible, scarlet berry.

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Etymology

Origin of cornelian cherry

First recorded in 1755–65; cornel + -ian

Example Sentences

So, you know you can count on Cornelian cherry to thrive in your garden.

From Seattle Times

Cornelian cherry is a deciduous tree with exceptionally hard wood, slow-growing to 10 feet in 10 years, and 15 to 20 feet high and as wide at maturity.

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Cornelian cherry also makes a striking statement when planted in multiples, like the mature plantings along a drive in the parking lot of the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture, located just off Northeast 41st Street in the Montlake neighborhood.

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With a pleasingly rounded form, Cornelian cherry may be trained as a multitrunked small tree and worked into mixed plantings alongside hellebores, primroses, early bulbs and other early spring-border beauties.

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For northern climates, Lehrer strongly suggests the cornelian cherry dogwood.

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