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cornaceous

cornaceous adjective: belonging to the family Cornaceae of trees and shrubs including dogwoods and tupelos.

Adjective

cornaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the family Cornaceae of trees and shrubs including dogwoods and tupelos.

Origin of cornaceous

Cornaceae + -ous

Questions about cornaceous

What does cornaceous mean?
Cornaceous means belonging to the family Cornaceae of trees and shrubs including dogwoods and tupelos.
What part of speech is cornaceous?
Cornaceous is an adjective.

Words near cornaceous in the dictionary

  1. corn-pone
  2. corn-pones
  3. Corn.
  4. Corna
  5. Cornabrone
  6. cornaceous
  7. cornacre
  8. cornacres
  9. cornage
  10. cornages
  11. cornalean

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