silky cornel

silky cornel
noun
shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
• Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tree, ↑cornel

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noun or silky dogwood
: either of two No. American shrubs:
a. : a shrub (Cornus amomum) with purplish twigs, finely pubescent leaves, and blue fruit — called also kinnikinnick
b. : a closely related and very similar shrub (C. obliqua)

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a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.

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