genus cornus

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   a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere

   SynonymsCornus

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofCornaceae

Questions about genus cornus

What does genus cornus mean?

genus cornus means "a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere".

What is another word for genus cornus?

Close synonyms include Cornus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cornus a common word?

genus cornus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.