cornaceous

[kawr-ney-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the Cornaceae, the dogwood family of plants.

Compare dogwood family.

Origin of cornaceous

< New Latin Cornace(ae) (Corn(us) the type genus (see cornel) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for cornaceous

cornaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurelSee laurel (def. 5)

Word Origin for cornaceous

C19: from New Latin Cornaceae, from Cornus genus name, from Latin: cornel

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