资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. Any species of the genus {Cornus}, as {C. florida}, the
      flowering cornel; {C. stolonifera}, the osier cornel; {C.
      Canadensis}, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.