cornel
Collocations
3ADJ.
many
CORNEL + NOUN
feast, shrubs
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
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.
The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
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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Synonyms
noun — a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bract
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3Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
WiktionaryMeanwhile the goddess in disdain bestows / The mast and acorn, brutal food! and strows / The fruits and cornel, as their feast, around
WiktionaryWith cornel shrubs and many a prickly spear / of myrtle crowned, it chanced a mound was near.
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