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Cornu
(gcide) | Cornu \Cor"nu\ (k[^o]r"n[-u]), n.; pl. Cornua (-n[-u]*[.a]).
[L.]
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
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cornu
(wn) | cornu
n 1: (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape |
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bicornuate
(encz) | bicornuate,dvojrohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
capricornus
(encz) | Capricornus,souhvězdí Kozoroh n: [astr.] mykhal |
cornu
(encz) | cornu, n: |
cornucopia
(encz) | cornucopia,hojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Capricornus
(gcide) | Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
That by which anything is made known or represented; that
which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
proof. Specifically:
(a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
(b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
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Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
the Spirit of God. --Rom. xv. 19.
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It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
sign, that they will believe the voice of the
latter sign. --Ex. iv. 8.
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(c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
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What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
men, and they became a sign. --Num. xxvi.
10.
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(d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
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The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
significative; but what they represent is as
certainly delivered to us as the symbols
themselves. --Brerewood.
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Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
--Spenser.
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(e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
ideas.
(f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
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They made signs to his father, how he would have
him called. --Luke i. 62.
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(g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
of a signs such as those used by the North American
Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
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Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
the fingers.
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(h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
--Milton.
(i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
token or notice.
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The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
streets. --Macaulay.
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(j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
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Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
Capricornus ([Capricorn]), {Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
names of the constellations occupying severally the
divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
etc.
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(k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
(plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
the like.
(l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
appreciable by some one other than the patient.
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Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
further restricted to the purely local evidences of
disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
general disturbance afforded by observation of the
temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
called physical sign.
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(m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
(n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
considered with reference to that which it represents.
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An outward and visible sign of an inward and
spiritual grace. --Bk. of
Common Prayer.
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Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
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Sign manual.
(a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
to complete their validity.
(b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
--Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
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Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
Emblem.
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Ceratophrys cornuta
(gcide) | Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
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The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
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Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis),
having two little horns on the head.
Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
See Illust. of Chub.
Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
(Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.
Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.
Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.
Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.
Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.
Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl,
eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the
long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.
Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
the bullpout.
Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil.
Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.
Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.
Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma,
of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
also horned lizard.
Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
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Clotho cornuta
(gcide) | Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
cover with feathers.]
1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
prink.
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Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
Irving.
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2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
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3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed
troop." --Shak.
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4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
plumes himself on his skill. --South.
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Plumed adder (Zool.), an African viper (Vipera cornuta,
syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over
each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African
puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
Plumed partridge (Zool.), the California mountain quail
(Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under
Mountain.
[1913 Webster]Puff \Puff\, n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof;
of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.]
1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth;
hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a
whiff. " To every puff of wind a slave." --Flatman.
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2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically:
(a) A puffball.
(b) kind of light pastry.
(c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair
with powder.
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3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially
one in a public journal.
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Puff adder. (Zool.)
(a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and
allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have
the power of greatly distending their bodies when
irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera arietans,
or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming
over four feet long. The plumed puff adder ({Clotho
cornuta}) has a plumelike appendage over each eye.
(b) A North American harmless snake ({Heterodon
platyrrhinos}) which has the power of puffing up its
body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead,
spreading adder, and blowing adder.
Puff bird (Zool.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family
Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with
dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail
feathers. See Barbet
(b) .
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Cornu Ammonis
(gcide) | Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]s); pl.
Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name
for an ammonite.
[1913 Webster]Ammonite \Am"mon*ite\, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L.
Ammon, Gr. ? an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with
the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an.
Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.)
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are
many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical
forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were
exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having
the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the
siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone,
and cornu Ammonis.
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cornu Ammonis
(gcide) | Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]s); pl.
Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name
for an ammonite.
[1913 Webster]Ammonite \Am"mon*ite\, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L.
Ammon, Gr. ? an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with
the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an.
Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.)
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are
many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical
forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were
exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having
the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the
siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone,
and cornu Ammonis.
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cornu copiae
(gcide) | Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.;
pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty.
See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are
represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural,
cornua copi[ae].
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Cornua
(gcide) | Cornu \Cor"nu\ (k[^o]r"n[-u]), n.; pl. Cornua (-n[-u]*[.a]).
[L.]
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
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Cornua Ammonis
(gcide) | Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]s); pl.
Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name
for an ammonite.
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cornua copiae
(gcide) | Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.;
pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty.
See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are
represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural,
cornua copi[ae].
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Cornucopia
(gcide) | Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.;
pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty.
See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are
represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural,
cornua copi[ae].
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Cornucopias
(gcide) | Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.;
pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty.
See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are
represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural,
cornua copi[ae].
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Cornus Canadensis
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
[1913 Webster]crackerberry \crackerberry\ n.
a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis)
distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots;
Greenland to Alaska.
Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, {Cornus
canadensis}.
[WordNet 1.5]Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense
cluster of bright red, edible berries.
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Cornus canadensis
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
[1913 Webster]crackerberry \crackerberry\ n.
a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis)
distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots;
Greenland to Alaska.
Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, {Cornus
canadensis}.
[WordNet 1.5]Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense
cluster of bright red, edible berries.
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Cornus Canadensis
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
[1913 Webster]crackerberry \crackerberry\ n.
a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis)
distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots;
Greenland to Alaska.
Syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, {Cornus
canadensis}.
[WordNet 1.5]Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense
cluster of bright red, edible berries.
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Cornus florida
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
[1913 Webster]Cornic \Cor"nic\ (k[^o]r"n[i^]k), a.
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood
(Cornus florida).
[1913 Webster]Cornin \Cor"nin\ (k?r"n?n), n. (Chem.)
(a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood ({Cornus
florida}), as a white crystalline substance; -- called
also cornic acid.
(b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.
[1913 Webster]Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See Dag, and
Dagger.] (Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
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Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus
mascula}, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood,
a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
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Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood.
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Cornus Mas
(gcide) | Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
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Cornus mascula
(gcide) | Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See Dag, and
Dagger.] (Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
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Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus
mascula}, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood,
a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
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Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood.
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Cornus sanguinea
(gcide) | Gatten tree \Gat"ten tree`\ [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.)
A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose
(Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle
tree (Euonymus Europ[ae]us).
[1913 Webster]blood-twig \blood-twig\ n.
1. a European deciduous shrub (Cornus sanguinea) turning
red in autumn having dull white flowers.
Syn: common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood.
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Cornus stolonifera
(gcide) | Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
(a) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet
places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
America. It is considered the best of the willows for
basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
of willow.
(b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
other similar plants.
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The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
--Shak.
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Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown
for basket making. [Eng.]
Red osier.
(a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra).
(b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has
slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel.
[1913 Webster]Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F.
cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L.
cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the
wood. See Horn.]
1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European
shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed
by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.
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2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida,
the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier
cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or
bunchberry.
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Cornus stolonijra
(gcide) | Kinnikinic \Kin`ni*ki*nic"\, n. [Indian, literally, a mixture.]
Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the
Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with
tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as
the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry
(Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick
and killikinick.]
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Cornute
(gcide) | Cornute \Cor"nute\ (k?r"n?t or k?r-n?t"), Cornuted \Cor*nut"ed\
(k?r-n?"t?d), a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]
1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
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2. Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." --LEstrange.
[1913 Webster]Cornute \Cor*nute"\ (k?r-n?t"), v. t.
To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold.
[Obs.] --Burton.
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Cornuted
(gcide) | Cornute \Cor"nute\ (k?r"n?t or k?r-n?t"), Cornuted \Cor*nut"ed\
(k?r-n?"t?d), a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]
1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.
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2. Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." --LEstrange.
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Cornuto
(gcide) | Cornuto \Cor*nu"to\ (k?r-n?"t?), n. [It., fr. L. cornutus
horned.]
A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [R.] --Shak.
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Cornutor
(gcide) | Cornutor \Cor*nu"tor\ (-t?r), n.
A cuckold maker. [R.] --Jordan.
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Corydalus cornutus
(gcide) | Corydalus \Corydalus\ prop. n.
The type genus of the Corydalidae. It includes the
dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus), whose aquatic larva, the
hellgrammite, is used as bait in fishing.
Syn: genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Dobson \Dob"son\, n. (Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect ({Corydalus
cornutus}), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.
[1913 Webster]Hellgamite \Hell"ga*mite\, Hellgramite \Hell"gra*mite\, n.
(Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect
(Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the
dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.
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Corylus cornuta
(gcide) | filbert \fil"bert\, n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the
bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or
perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in
the nutting season.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or {Corylus
maxima}, also called the hazel; the hazelnut. It is an
oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild,
farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
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Note: In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts,
especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees.
The American hazelnuts are of two other species,
Corylus Americana and Corylus cornuta, and are also
sometimes called filberts.
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2. (Bot.) The tree bearing the filbert; the hazelnut tree.
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Filbert gall (Zool.), a gall resembling a filbert in form,
growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the
larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).
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Heliactin cornutus
(gcide) | Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries.
sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth.
sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. Solar,
South.]
1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and
its absence night; the central body round which the earth
and planets revolve, by which they are held in their
orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its
mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles,
and its diameter about 860,000.
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Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is
32' 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in
251/3 days. Its mean density is about one fourth of
that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity.
Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above
which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen,
called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through
the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar
eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes
extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or
streams of light which are visible only at the time of
a total eclipse, forming the solar corona.
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2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of
orbs.
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3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
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Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak.
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4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or
importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
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For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv.
11.
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I will never consent to put out the sun of
sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Sun and planet wheels (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for
converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working
beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists
of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured
to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel
(called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a
connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the
planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel
on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of
revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis.
Sun angel (Zool.), a South American humming bird of the
genus Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and
the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat.
Sun animalcute. (Zool.) See Heliozoa.
Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays;
insolation.
Sun bear (Zool.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus)
native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head
and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black,
but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also
bruang, and Malayan bear.
Sun beetle (Zool.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus
Amara.
Sun bittern (Zool.), a singular South American bird
(Eurypyga helias), in some respects related both to the
rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white,
brown, and black. Called also sunbird, and {tiger
bittern}.
Sun fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun
stroke.
Sun gem (Zool.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin
cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright
colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish
yellow at the tip. Called also Horned hummer.
Sun grebe (Zool.), the finfoot.
Sun picture, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's
rays; a photograph.
Sun spots (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's
disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with
a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen
only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye.
They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions,
and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of
50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used
to include bright spaces (called faculae) as well as dark
spaces (called maculae). Called also solar spots. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Sun star (Zool.), any one of several species of starfishes
belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied genera,
having numerous rays.
Sun trout (Zool.), the squeteague.
Sun wheel. (Mach.) See Sun and planet wheels, above.
Under the sun, in the world; on earth. "There is no new
thing under the sun." --Eccl. i. 9.
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Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound
adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright,
sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched,
and the like.
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Iguana cornuta
(gcide) | Iguana \I*gua"na\, n. [Sp. iguana, from the native name in
Haiti. Cf. Guana.] (Zool.)
Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American
lizards of the family Iguanid[ae]. They are arboreal in
their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon
fruits.
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Note: The common iguana (Iguana tuberculata) of the West
Indies and South America is sometimes five feet long.
Its flesh is highly prized as food. The horned iguana
(Iguana cornuta) has a conical horn between the eyes.
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Lamna cornubica
(gcide) | Porbeagle \Por"bea`gle\, n. (Zool.)
A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet
long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; --
called also mackerel shark. [Written also probeagle.]
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Medicornu
(gcide) | Medicornu \Med`i*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Medicornua. [NL., fr. L.
medius middle + cornu horn.] (Anat.)
The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the
brain. --B. G. Wilder.
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Medicornua
(gcide) | Medicornu \Med`i*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Medicornua. [NL., fr. L.
medius middle + cornu horn.] (Anat.)
The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the
brain. --B. G. Wilder.
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Minnilus cornutus
(gcide) | Redfin \Red"fin`\ (-f?n`), n. (Zool.)
A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or
Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has
bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner.
Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
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Palamedea cornuta
(gcide) | Screamer \Scream"er\ (skr[=e]m"[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting
the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They
have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested
or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians
for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong
to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is
Palamedea cornuta.
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2. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
[Slang]
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3. An exclamation mark. [Printer's Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zool.)
A curious South American bird ({Anhima or {Palamedea
cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a
long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp
spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs
resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in
anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres).
Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
[1913 Webster]Anhima \An"hi*ma\, n. [Brazilian name.]
A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi
(Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
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Postcornu
(gcide) | Postcornu \Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Postcornua. [NL. See Post-,
and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Postcornua
(gcide) | Postcornu \Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Postcornua. [NL. See Post-,
and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Praecornu
(gcide) | Praecornu \Pr[ae]*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Pr[ae]cornua. [NL. See
Pre-, and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Praecornua
(gcide) | Praecornu \Pr[ae]*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Pr[ae]cornua. [NL. See
Pre-, and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Tadorna cornuta
(gcide) | Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large Old World
ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially
the European and Asiatic species. (Tadorna cornuta syn.
Tadorna tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in
form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
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Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast,
sides, and forward part of the back brown, the
shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum
green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also
shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck,
bergander, burrow duck, and links goose.
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Note: The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja) has the
head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the
upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep
chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut
sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is
varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green
head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck
(Casarca rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake
(Casarca leucoptera), are related Asiatic species.
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2. Any one of the American mergansers.
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Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the
canvasback, and the shoveler.
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Vipera cornuta
(gcide) | Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
cover with feathers.]
1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
prink.
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Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
Irving.
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2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
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3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed
troop." --Shak.
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4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
plumes himself on his skill. --South.
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Plumed adder (Zool.), an African viper (Vipera cornuta,
syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over
each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African
puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
Plumed partridge (Zool.), the California mountain quail
(Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under
Mountain.
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anhima cornuta
(wn) | Anhima cornuta
n 1: screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the
forehead [syn: horned screamer, Anhima cornuta] |
bicornuate
(wn) | bicornuate
adj 1: having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate
uterus" [syn: bicorn, bicorned, bicornate,
bicornuate, bicornuous] |
bicornuous
(wn) | bicornuous
adj 1: having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate
uterus" [syn: bicorn, bicorned, bicornate,
bicornuate, bicornuous] |
capricornus
(wn) | Capricornus
n 1: a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere;
between Sagittarius and Aquarius [syn: Capricornus,
Capricorn] |
cerastes cornutus
(wn) | Cerastes cornutus
n 1: highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern
Asia having a horny spine above each eye [syn: {horned
viper}, cerastes, sand viper, horned asp, {Cerastes
cornutus}] |
citharichthys cornutus
(wn) | Citharichthys cornutus
n 1: a whiff found in waters from the Bahamas and northern Gulf
of Mexico to Brazil [syn: horned whiff, {Citharichthys
cornutus}] |
cornu
(wn) | cornu
n 1: (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape |
cornucopia
(wn) | cornucopia
n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit
symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty,
cornucopia]
2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of
detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn:
profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia] |
cornus
(wn) | Cornus
n 1: a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including:
dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or
small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
[syn: Cornus, genus Cornus] |
cornus amomum
(wn) | Cornus amomum
n 1: shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and
blue fruit [syn: silky cornel, silky dogwood, {Cornus
amomum}] |
cornus canadensis
(wn) | Cornus canadensis
n 1: creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and
clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to
Alaska [syn: bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry,
pudding berry, Cornus canadensis] |
cornus florida
(wn) | Cornus florida
n 1: deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink
bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red
berries [syn: common white dogwood, {eastern flowering
dogwood}, Cornus florida] |
cornus mas
(wn) | Cornus mas
n 1: deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red
fruit [syn: cornelian cherry, Cornus mas] |
cornus obliqua
(wn) | Cornus obliqua
n 1: shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky
cornel [syn: silky dogwood, Cornus obliqua] |
cornus sanguinea
(wn) | Cornus sanguinea
n 1: European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull
white flowers [syn: common European dogwood, {red
dogwood}, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea] |
cornus stolonifera
(wn) | Cornus stolonifera
n 1: common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and
white flowers [syn: red osier, red osier dogwood, {red
dogwood}, American dogwood, redbrush, {Cornus
stolonifera}] |
corydalus cornutus
(wn) | Corydalus cornutus
n 1: large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in
the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait [syn: dobson,
dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus] |
corylus cornuta
(wn) | Corylus cornuta
n 1: hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike
involucres on the nuts [syn: beaked hazelnut, {Corylus
cornuta}] |
genus cornus
(wn) | genus Cornus
n 1: a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including:
dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or
small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
[syn: Cornus, genus Cornus] |
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