dogwood family

dogwood family
the plant family Cornaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, small flowers often surrounded by showy, petallike bracts, and berrylike fruit, including the bunchberry, cornelian cherry, and dogwood.

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  • dogwood family — noun a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia • Syn: ↑Cornaceae, ↑family Cornaceae • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • dogwood — [dôg′wood΄] adj. [shortened < dogberry wood, dogberry tree] designating a family (Cornaceae, order Cornales) of dicotyledonous small trees and shrubs n. 1. any of a genus (Cornus) of trees and shrubs of the dogwood family, esp. the flowering… …   English World dictionary

  • dogwood — /dawg wood , dog /, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, esp. C. sanguinea, of Europe, or C. florida, of America. 2. the wood of any such tree. 3. a light to medium brown or a medium yellowish brown color. adj. 4. having the color dogwood …   Universalium

  • dogwood — noun Date: 1617 any of various trees and shrubs (genus Cornus of the family Cornaceae, the dogwood family) with clusters of small flowers and often large white, pink, or red involucral bracts …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • family Cornaceae — noun a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia • Syn: ↑Cornaceae, ↑dogwood family • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dogwood (disambiguation) — Dogwood may refer to: Dogwood, the flowering trees and shrubs of the genus Cornus, commonly referred to as dogwoods Solanum dulcamara, a species of vine in the Solanaceae family native to Europe and Asia Piscidia piscipula, known as Jamaican… …   Wikipedia

  • Dogwood — Taxobox name = Dogwood image width = 240px image caption = European Cornel ( Cornus mas ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Cornales familia = Cornaceae genus = Cornus subdivision ranks = Subgenera… …   Wikipedia

  • dogwood — /ˈdɒgwʊd/ (say dogwood) noun 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, especially C. sanguinea, a deciduous shrub of calcareous soil in Europe, family Cornaceae. 2. the wood of any such tree. 3. a name used for various unrelated plants which emit …  

  • List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

  • Jamaican dogwood — Florida fish poison tree (Piscidia piscipula (Fabacaea, pea family), also called fishfuddle tree. Not a member of the dogwood family. Seminoles in Florida used a powder made from its roots, bark, and leaves to stun fish. See also fish poison tree …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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