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CORNUS AMOMUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cornus amomum mean?
• CORNUS AMOMUM (noun)
The noun CORNUS AMOMUM has 1 sense:
1. shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
Familiarity information: CORNUS AMOMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cornus amomum; silky cornel; silky dogwood
Hypernyms ("Cornus amomum" is a kind of...):
cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
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