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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

crackerberry \crackerberry\ n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska. Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cornus canadensis n 1: creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska [syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis]