dogwood family

Noun
  1. A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia (synset 112966848)
    is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • aucuba, genus aucuba - hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
    • cornus, 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 hemisphere
    • corokia, genus corokia - evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand
    • curtisia, genus curtisia - a large evergreen tree of South Africa
    • genus griselinia, griselinia - evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America
    • genus helwingia, helwingia - deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan
    belongs to: order umbellales, umbellales - plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
    same as: cornaceae, family cornaceae

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