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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), noun [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 {Cornus florida}, the flowering cornel; {Cornus stolonifera}, the osier cornel; {Cornus Canadensis}, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cornel
noun: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers [syn: {dogwood}, {dogwood tree}]
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