Noun
a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
Source: WordNetPhylogenetic relationships of Cornus L sensu lato and putative relatives inferred from rbcL sequence data. Source: Internet
With the red stems of Cornus sericea, I probably cut 80 percent of the total number of stems to the ground each year. Source: Internet