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Cornus mas, "male" cornel, was named so to distinguish it from the true dogberry, the "female" cornel, Cornus sanguinea, and so it appears in John Gerard's Herbal: . This is Cornus mas Theophrasti, or Theophrastus his male Cornell tree; for he ſetteth downe two ſortes of Cornell trees, the male and the female: he maketh the wood of the male to bee ſound as in this Cornell tree; which we ...
A cherry blossom tree blooms in Carthage in 2019. This week, 12 years after similar trees were gifted from a city in Japan, the first two healthy varieties were received by the Cincinnati Park Board.
The name cornel dates to the 1550s, via German from Middle Latin cornolium, ultimately from the diminutive cornuculum, of cornum, the Latin word for the cornel cherry. Cornus means "horn", [ 4 ] presumably applied to the cherry after the example of κερασός , the Greek word for "cherry", which itself is of pre-Greek origin but reminiscent ...
Frank's Nursery & Crafts was an American retailer devoted to the sale of lawn and garden products.It operated a chain of stores, with 170 outlets across 14 states.It specialized in products such as shrubs, trees, accent plants, flowers, and lawn furniture, as well as various arts and crafts items.
Cornus officinalis, the Japanese cornel or Japanese cornelian cherry, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae. Despite its name, it is native to China and Korea as well as Japan. [ 2 ]
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than 6–10 m (20–33 ft) tall.
Carnelian intaglio with a Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic artwork, Cabinet des Médailles, BnF Museum, Paris. There is a Neo-Assyrian seal made of carnelian in the Western Asiatic Seals collection of the British Museum that shows Ishtar-Gula as a star goddess. She is holding a ring of royal authority and is seated on a throne.
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