dogwood tree vs cornel

dogwood tree and cornel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dogwood tree	Yes	No	No	No
cornel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dogwood tree and cornel are synonyms defined as:

dogwood tree and cornel: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Other synonyms of dogwood tree include dogwood.

dogwood tree (noun)	cornel (noun)
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers	a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers