English > Cornaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia. |
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Synonyms | family Cornaceae, dogwood family |
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Member of | Umbellales, order Umbellales | plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers |
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Members | Aucuba, genus Aucuba | Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan |
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Cornus, genus Cornus | A rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including |
Corokia, genus Corokia | evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers |
Curtisia, genus Curtisia | A large evergreen tree of South Africa |
Griselinia, genus Griselinia | evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America |
Helwingia, genus Helwingia | deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan |
Broader | rosid dicot family | A family of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | cornáceas |
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Catalan | Cornaceae, cornàcia, cornàcies |
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