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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
