Cornus

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin cornus (“cornel, dogwood”) === Proper noun === Cornus f A taxonomic genus within the family Cornaceae – cornels (dogwoods) and related trees. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Cornaceae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Cornus subg. Cornus, Cornus subg. Benthamidia, Cornus subg. Swida, Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum - subgenera ==== Descendants ==== English: cornin, cornus tannin === References === Cornus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cornus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cornus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Cornus at USDA Plants database == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κόρνος (Kórnos). === Proper noun === Cornus f sg (genitive Cornī); second declension an ancient city on the west coast of Sardinia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Cornus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Cornus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Cornus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly