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Definition of Cornus
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cornaceae, Dogwood Family, Family Cornaceae
Member holonyms: Cornel, Dogwood, Dogwood Tree
Definition of Cornus
1. a cornel [n -ES] - See also: cornel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornus
Literary usage of Cornus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"2. Cornus famine, С. В. The Dogberry, or Gatten-tree. 4.. Cornus ... Narrow-leav'd
Female Dogwood of Virginia. 6. Cornus ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1790)
"M. l'Héritier believes to be a cornel with pani- culated flowers ; but docs not
iccm to have decided whether it ¡s the cornus ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1874)
"Habitat.—Golden. It is also common at Evanston. Cornus ... Though the specimen
is fragmentary, it represent? evidently a Cornus specifically distinct from ..."
4. Bibliotheca Therapeutica, Or, Bibliography of Therapeutics: Chiefly in by Edward John Waring (1878)
"L'Herit. Round-leaved Dogwood or Cornel. 1828. ROBINSON, SH On the superior
efficacy of the Round-leaf Cornel (Cornus ..."
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