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Definition of Cornaceae
1. Noun. A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Umbellales, Umbellales
Member holonyms: Aucuba, Genus Aucuba, Cornus, Genus Cornus, Corokia, Genus Corokia, Curtisia, Genus Curtisia, Genus Griselinia, Griselinia, Genus Helwingia, Helwingia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornaceae
Literary usage of Cornaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... found in ballast, and recorded from Missouri, is not definitely known to be
established within our area. cornaceae Link, Handb. 2: 2. DOGWOOD FAMILY. ..."
2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"cornaceae. DOGWOOD FAMILY CORNUS. CORNEL. DOGWOOD C. alternifolia, L. f.
Open woods ; common. C. Canadensis, L. Bunch-berry. Cold damp woods ; common. ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"DOGWOOD FAMILY (cornaceae) Flowering Dogwood Carnus florida Flowers—(Apparently)
large, white or pinkish, the four conspicuous parts simulating petals, ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Dog-wood family i cornaceae). Green osier; round-leaved dogwood. Native shrub,
3 to 10 feet high; ... Cornus florida L. Dog-wood family (cornaceae). ..."
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