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Definition of Family 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 Family Cornaceae
Literary usage of Family cornaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, ..."
2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"... the ginseng (Panax) and the Dogwood family (Cornaceae), including the pepperidge
or sour gum trees (Nyssa), dogwood or cornel (Cornus); and the large ..."
3. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"... Family CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. A rather small family, chiefly of shrubs;,
the dogwoods much used in massed planting. CORNUS. Dogwood. Cornel. ..."
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