cornel

Definitions

1. Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
2. The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.

Equivalents

Examples

“Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have⟳ been my meagre Food.”

“Meanwhile the goddess in disdain bestows / The mast and acorn, brutal food! and strows / The fruits and cornel, as their feast, around”

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