English > cornel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers. |
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| Synonyms | dogwood, dogwood tree |
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| Member of | Cornus, genus Cornus | A rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including |
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| Narrower | bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis | Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots |
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| common European dogwood, red dogwood, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea | European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers |
| common white dogwood, eastern flowering dogwood, Cornus florida | deciduous tree |
| cornelian cherry, Cornus mas | deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit |
| red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, American dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera | Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers |
| silky cornel, silky dogwood, Cornus amomum | shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit |
| silky dogwood, Cornus obliqua | shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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| Substances | dogwood | Hard tough / tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus |
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| Spanish | cornejo, corno, cornus |
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| Catalan | sanguinyol |
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