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CORNELIAN CHERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cornelian cherry mean?
• CORNELIAN CHERRY (noun)
The noun CORNELIAN CHERRY has 1 sense:
1. deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
Familiarity information: CORNELIAN CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cornelian cherry; Cornus mas
Hypernyms ("cornelian cherry" is a kind of...):
cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
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