cornelian cherry

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   deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit

   SynonymsCornus mas

   Broaderdogwood

Questions about cornelian cherry

What does cornelian cherry mean?

cornelian cherry means "deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit".

What is another word for cornelian cherry?

Close synonyms include Cornus mas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cornelian cherry a common word?

cornelian cherry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.