cornu : Idioms & Phrases
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cornu ammonis
Cor"nu Am*mo"nis
Etymology
L., horn of Ammon. SeeWordforms
Definitions
(Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
Webster 1913
cornus amomum
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noun shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
silky dogwood; silky cornel.
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cornus canadensis
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noun creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
bunchberry; dwarf cornel; pudding berry; crackerberry.
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cornus florida
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noun deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
eastern flowering dogwood; common white dogwood.
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cornus mas
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noun deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
cornelian cherry.
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cornus obliqua
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noun shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
silky dogwood.
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cornus sanguinea
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noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
common European dogwood; pedwood; blood-twig; red dogwood.
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cornus stolonifera
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noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
red osier dogwood; American dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
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genus cornus
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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
Cornus.