genus Cornus

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Noun

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genus Cornus - a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphereCornusrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsCornaceae, dogwood family, family Cornaceae - a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingiacornel, dogwood, dogwood tree - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers