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Definition of Cornus florida
1. Noun. Deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries.
Generic synonyms: Cornel, Dogwood, Dogwood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornus Florida
Literary usage of Cornus florida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants by Jacob Bigelow (1818)
"Cornus florida. Dogwood. PLATE XXVIII. J_ HE family of Cornels, if surveyed by
other eyes than those of botanists, is remarkable for the difference of ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Cornus florida Linn. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) Dogwood, Flowering Uog- False
Box-dogwood (Ky.). wood (local and common New ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"There are two or three dainty little flowers that come very early in spring,
before the leaves appear. I dwell on them FLOWERING DOGWOOD. (Cornus florida. ..."
4. Literary Emporium (1846)
"... away —every earth-bound joy will fade—the spell will be broken, and man will
be mingled with his kindred dust. Original. Cornus florida —DOGWOOD TREE. ..."
5. A Guide to therapeutics and materia medica by Robert Farquharson, Frank Woodbury (1882)
"Gm.); it is rarely used except in combination.] [Cornus florida—DOGWOOD. The bark
of Cornus florida, US OFFICINAL PREPARATIONS. ..."
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