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cornel
[ kawr-nl ]
noun
- any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
cornel
/ ˈkɔːnəl /
noun
- any cornaceous plant of the genus Cornus, such as the dogwood and dwarf cornel
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cornel1
Example Sentences
Tavis Smiley, the PBS talk show host and close friend to Cornel West, often credits West with having a “useable intellect.”
Cornel West and Jesse Jackson, for instance, have both suggested that Obama is somehow not black enough.
Others secretly agree with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley, who have been unremitting in their criticism of Obama on matters of race.
And one who denounced Harry Belafonte and Cornel West to boot!
Plus, great thinkers from Cornel West to Robert Reich tell us what they're angry about.
In autumn the cornel again becomes conspicuous in the woodlands by reason of its clusters of coral-red fruit.
The Dwarf Cornel, a little mountain-plant which flowers in July, is found in this 'hole.'
Haply there lay a mound hard at hand, crowned with cornel thickets and bristling dense with shafts of myrtle.
And then,” said Ulenspiegel, “having my soul free of guilt, I have no need to be washed with oak or rinsed with cornel.
Her only ornaments were the creamy white blossoms of the low cornel; one cluster in the braids of her hair, and one on her bosom.
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