cornel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

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

Ould Erin for ever--an' God save the Cornel!" — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan
Their casques adorn’d with laurel wreaths they wear, Each brandishing aloft a cornel spear. — The Aeneid, Virgil
The cord was made of cornel bark, and neither end nor beginning to it could be seen. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian

dogwood, dogwood tree

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