cornus mas

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   deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit

   Synonymscornelian cherry

   Broaderdogwood

Questions about cornus mas

What does cornus mas mean?

cornus mas means "deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit".

What is another word for cornus mas?

Close synonyms include cornelian cherry. 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 cornus mas a common word?

cornus mas 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.