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CORNUS FLORIDA

English dictionary: Word overview

CORNUS FLORIDA (noun)
  The noun CORNUS FLORIDA has 1 sense:

1. deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries

  Familiarity information: CORNUS FLORIDA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CORNUS FLORIDA (noun)


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Meaning:

Deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common white dogwood; Cornus florida; eastern flowering dogwood

Hypernyms ("Cornus florida" is a kind of...):

cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)


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