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Definition of Dogwood family
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 Dogwood Family
Literary usage of Dogwood family
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. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... but also through its rank growth tt becomes an objectionable weed, making
often the farmer's life a burden to him. THE dogwood family. ..."
3. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"dogwood family. Ours deciduous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple. entire.
Flowers in cymes or heads. Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary, ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... dogwood family. Shrubs, trees, or one or two mere herbs, with simple leaves,
small, often imperfect flowers, calyx tube in the perfect or pistillate ..."
5. 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, ..."
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