cornel
pronunciation
How to pronounce cornel in British English:
UK ['kɔ:nəl]
How to pronounce cornel in American English:
US ['kɔnəl]
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- Noun:
- a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
Word Origin
- cornel (n.)
- a type of tree or shrub with an edible fruit, 1550s, from German cornel-baum, from Old High German cornul, from Medieval Latin cornolium, from French cornouille, from Vulgar Latin *cornuculum, from Latin cornum "cornel-cherry," perhaps related to Greek kerasos "cherry." Old English also had borrowed the Latin word, in corntreow. The plant was noted for its hard wood, which was favored by the ancients for making shafts of spears and arrows.
Example
- 1. Cornel is sour , but tasty and healthy berry .
- 2. Wine lanna do not see cornel , pitch human heritage .
- 3. People make different cornel jams and compotes , but we will tell how to make cornel vodka !
- 4. Wine lanna do not see cornel .
- 5. To observe the effect of cornel polysaccharides on mice model of leukopenia .