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[syn: Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood family]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cornaceae \Cornaceae\ n.
a natural family of trees including the genera Aucuba;
Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; and
Helwingia.
Syn: family Cornaceae, dogwood family.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cornaceae
n 1: a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including:
genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia,
Helwingia [syn: Cornaceae, family Cornaceae, dogwood
family]