Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Cornaceæ, consisting of shrubs, trees, or rarely herbs, with usually small white or yellowish flowers and ovoid drupes.
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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
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Examples
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WHERE: Variegated redtwig dogwood, also known as cornus alba Elegantissima, is extremely adaptable and grows in a range of soil types from clay to sand, wet to dry, once established.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Shrubs grown for their coloured stems (such as cornus and willows) can be cut back to ground level now.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Turning to the bewildered crowd in the rear, she explained with a vigor that set her bandanna "cornus" quivering: "Yassum, dese eyes done seen dat very man he talk about - de onliest man what could set us free.
War-time sketches : historical and otherwise, Adelaide Stuart Dimitry 1911
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Vines, cornus, willow, buddleia and fig will be rooted by spring and ready for potting by mid-summer.
Gardening jobs for November Dan Pearson 2010
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And maybe a couple more cornus, they have a big shipment that just arrived at the local big box store.
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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Love the colours of the maples and cornus – I think they are brighter than those I have here – perhaps they are effected by the very cold winters you have?
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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If the cornus are not for your area, there will be plenty of other things, like the willows that should grow for you.
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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I believe we are on the edge of the range for the bright stemmed cornus, they would be more colorful if we were colder.
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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I particularly like the first shot of the cornus –
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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We had some issues with the variegated cornus, but these green leaf types are doing much better.
Twiggy « Fairegarden 2010
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