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cor·nel

(kôr′nəl, -nĕl′)

Any of various plants of the genus Cornus, which includes the bunchberry and dogwoods.

[Short for German Kornelbaum, cornel tree (from Middle High German kurnelboum, from Old High German kurnilboum) or from French cornouille, both from Medieval Latin corniola, from diminutive of Latin cornus.]

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cornel

(ˈkɔːnəl)

(Plants) any cornaceous plant of the genus Cornus, such as the dogwood and dwarf cornel

[C16: probably from Middle Low German kornelle, from Old French cornelle, from Vulgar Latin cornicula (unattested), from Latin cornum cornel cherry, from cornus cornel tree]

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cor•nel

(ˈkɔr nl)

n.

any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.

[1400–50; late Middle English corneille < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *cornicul(a)= Latin corn(us) cornel + -i- -i- + -cula -cule¹]

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cornel - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

dogwood, dogwood tree

Cornus, genus Cornus - a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere

dogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood

common white dogwood, Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood - deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries

American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush, red dogwood - common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

Cornus obliqua, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel

Cornus amomum, silky cornel, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit

blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, pedwood, red dogwood - European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers

bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska

cornelian cherry, Cornus mas - deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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This I will declare to you exactly: by this shaft of cornel wood I will surely make you a leader renowned among the deathless gods, and fortunate, and will give you glorious gifts and will not deceive you from first to last.'

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As the east and south wind buffet one another when they beat upon some dense forest on the mountains--there is beech and ash and spreading cornel; the top of the trees roar as they beat on one another, and one can hear the boughs cracking and breaking--even so did the Trojans and Achaeans spring upon one another and lay about each other, and neither side would give way.

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At the occasion MPA of the area Mir Guharam Bugti, Commandant Sui Rifles, Cornel Zaffar and District Health Officer, Azam Bugti were present.

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