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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Cornus canadensis
    n 1: creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and
         clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to
         Alaska [syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry,
         pudding berry, Cornus canadensis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
   cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
   cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
   wood. See Horn.]
   1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
      shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
      by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
      the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
      cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
      bunchberry.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crackerberry \crackerberry\ n.
   a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis)
   distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots;
   Greenland to Alaska.

   Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, Cornus
        canadensis.
        [WordNet 1.5]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
   The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense
   cluster of bright red, edible berries.
   [1913 Webster]

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