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noun
Any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Cornus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Borrowed from Latin cornus.
