dogwood


Definition: Meaning of, dogwood in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈdɒɡwʊd /

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  1. a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
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  2. hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
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dogwood used in phrases

  • American dogwood (noun)
    1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
  • Jamaica dogwood (noun)
    1. small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
  • alder dogwood (noun)
    1. small tree common in Europe
  • common European dogwood (noun)
    1. european deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
  • common white dogwood (noun)
    1. deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn colour that is followed by red berries
  • dogwood family (noun)
    1. a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia
  • dogwood tree (noun)
    1. a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
  • eastern flowering dogwood (noun)
    1. deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn colour that is followed by red berries
  • false dogwood (noun)
    1. evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
  • poison dogwood (noun)
    1. smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
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