CORNELIAN CHERRY


Meaning of CORNELIAN CHERRY in English

■ noun

1》 a flowering shrub or small tree of the dogwood family, cultivated as an ornamental. [ Cornus mas .]

2》 the edible oval red berry of the ~.

Origin

C17: cornelian from cornel + -ian .

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