HyperDic: dogwood_family

English > 1 sense of the expression dogwood family:
NOUNplantdogwood family, Cornaceae, family Cornaceaea rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including
English > dogwood family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia.
SynonymsCornaceae, family Cornaceae
Member ofUmbellales, order Umbellalesplants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers
MembersAucuba, genus AucubaHardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
Cornus, genus CornusA rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including
Corokia, genus Corokiaevergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers
Curtisia, genus CurtisiaA large evergreen tree of South Africa
Griselinia, genus Griseliniaevergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America
Helwingia, genus Helwingiadeciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan
Broaderrosid dicot familyA family of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishcornáceas
CatalanCornaceae, cornàcia, cornàcies

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