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CORNUS OBLIQUA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cornus obliqua mean?
• CORNUS OBLIQUA (noun)
The noun CORNUS OBLIQUA has 1 sense:
1. shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
Familiarity information: CORNUS OBLIQUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cornus obliqua; silky dogwood
Hypernyms ("Cornus obliqua" 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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