1. 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, genus Cornus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Cornus
n 1: 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, genus Cornus]