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cornus

cornus noun: any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.

Noun

cornus (plural cornuses)

  1. Any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.

Forms of cornus

pluralcornuses

Origin of cornus

Borrowed from Latin cornus.

Questions about cornus

What does cornus mean?
Cornus means any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.
What part of speech is cornus?
Cornus is a noun.
What is the plural of cornus?
The plural of cornus is cornuses.

Words near cornus in the dictionary

  1. cornucopiæ
  2. cornulin
  3. cornulitid
  4. cornulitids
  5. cornupete
  6. cornus
  7. cornuses
  8. cornusiin
  9. cornute
  10. cornuted
  11. cornutes

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