n. A tree of the genus Cornus; the cornel; especially, in Europe, the wild or male cornel, C. sanguinea. Also called dogwood-tree.n. The wood of trees of the genus Cornus.n. Any cornel-like shrub so called, as in England the Euonymus Europœus.n. n. Pomaderris apetala, a small rhamnaceous tree of Tasmania, yielding a beautiful satiny wood suitable for carving and turning. See Pomaderris.n. The poison sumac, Rhus Vernix.n. The hop-tree, Ptelea trifoliata.n. Same as Jamaica *dogwood.