cornu : Idioms & Phrases


cornu ammonis

Cor"nu Am*mo"nis
Etymology
L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.
Wordforms
plural Cornua Ammonis
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
Webster 1913

cornus amomum

  • noun shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
    silky dogwood; silky cornel.
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cornus canadensis

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
    cornelian cherry.
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cornus obliqua

  • noun shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
    silky dogwood.
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cornus sanguinea

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.
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