cornel

From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).

• Hyphenation: cor‧nel

cornel (plural cornels)

European cornel fruits

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.

• (cherry-like fruit): cornelian cherry, cornel cherry

• dogwood

• Lorenc, cloner, cronel

cornel

1. Alternative form of kernel