| English Dictionary |
CORNUS FLORIDA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cornus florida mean?
• CORNUS FLORIDA (noun)
The noun CORNUS FLORIDA has 1 sense:
1. deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
Familiarity information: CORNUS FLORIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common white dogwood; Cornus florida; eastern flowering dogwood
Hypernyms ("Cornus florida" is a kind of...):
cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"It's better to give than to receive." (English proverb)
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"If three people tell you that you are drunk, you better lie down." (American proverb)
"Keep throwing eggs on the wall." (Cypriot proverb)
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"If three people tell you that you are drunk, you better lie down." (American proverb)
"Keep throwing eggs on the wall." (Cypriot proverb)