noun
a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
• Syn: ↑Cornus
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cornaceae, ↑family Cornaceae, ↑dogwood family
• Member Meronyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tree, ↑cornel
Useful english dictionary. 2012.