dwarf cornel

noun

: either of two red-berried perennial herbs of the genus Cornus:

a

or dwarf dogwood : bunchberry sense 1

b

or dwarf honeysuckle : a closely related plant (C. suecica) with opposite leaves and purple bracts

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