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dogwood

dogwood or cornel (kôrˈnəl), shrub or tree of the genus Cornus, chiefly of north temperate and tropical mountain regions, characteristically having an inconspicuous flower surrounded by large, showy bracts which are often mistaken for petals. This trait is evident in the flowering dogwood (C. florida) of E North America, with white or pink bracts, and the very similar Pacific dogwood (C. nuttallii) of the West. Dogwood anthracnose, a fungal disease, has killed many wild woodland dogwoods since the 1980s. Both species are cultivated as ornamentals. Their bark, rich in tannin, has been used medicinally (as is that of the other species of Cornus), for example, as a quinine substitute. Their hard wood is used for various objects, e.g., machinery bearings and tool handles. The fruits of some species are edible, e.g., those of the Old World cornelian cherry (C. mas), used also for preserves and the French liqueur vin de cornouille. The bunchberry, or dwarf cornel (C. canadensis), is a low herbaceous wildflower of North America. Dogwoods are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Cornales, family Cornaceae.

cornelian cherry

Edible dogwood tree fruit, look like cranberries with lots of medicinal health qualities. Look out goji berry! Used in Europe as sauce for pastry filling and even wine. Let sit in bowl for few days, they turn to cranberry mush that tastes very delectable. It helps hold in fluids, making it useful for excessive urination, incontinence, excessive sweating, menstrual bleeding. Also good for sore backs, bronchitis, dizziness, lightheadedness,overworked, burnout.

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The increase in cornelian cherry juice content burger batter caused no change in the values of the [L.sup.*] parameter (brightness) in burgers (Figure 1).

Effect of Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas L.) Juice on Selected Quality Properties of Beef Burgers

Cornelian cherry lyophilisate was prepared as described above.

The protective effect of the Cornus mas fruits (cornelian cherry) on hypertriglyceridemia and atherosclerosis through PPAR[alpha] activation in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Table1: Concentrations of some nutrients in fresh and dried cornelian cherry fruit (CCF), according to Craita-

EFFECTS OF CORNELIAN CHERRY (CORNUS MAS L.) FRUIT ON PLASMA LIPIDS, CORTISOL, T3 AND T4 LEVELS IN HAMSTERS

How would I describe the taste of cornelian cherry preserve in the recipe on Page 104?

Cornelia cherries: this ancient fruit is delightfully floral in preserve and other sweet confections

To find out anti-/prooxidative properties of cornelian cherry in brain tissue and plasma, in our research model standard, fructose and high-fat diet enriched with freeze-dried fruit of cornelian cherry were used (Table 1).

The neuroprotective effect of Cornus mas on brain tissue of wistar rats

Often Arnold Promise passes the yellow-flowered torch to Cornus mas, the Cornelian Cherry, which blooms in early April.

Bring on the spring

Should the witch hazel and the Cornelian cherry be underplanted with spring flowering bulbs that are in bloom at the same time?

Your gardening answers

Somewhat confusing is its common name - Cornelian cherry -- perhaps owing to the small red fruit so loved by birds.

First blooms near

Because temperatures are cool, the flowers persist for a month or more before the Cornelian cherry tree bursts in bloom.

Keep the color coming in yard

Included are all the species and cultivars of witch hazel except the fall flowering common witch hazel, hamamelis Virginiana, and the cornelian cherry (cornus mas), all of the forsythias, the close relative of forsythia abeliophyllum often called "the white flowered forsythia," spicebush, honeysuckles that have already bloomed and the shrub quinces.

More spring chores; Pruning brings life to plants

Before "Arnold Promise" completes its springtime show, Cornus mas, the Cornelian Cherry, covers this dense, rounded, upright to 15 feet high and wide tree with tiny yellow flowers in great abundance.

Spring's here, but is winter really gone?

The Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas, is a true dogwood in spite of its common name.