dogwood
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- noun
- /ˈdɔɡˌwʊd/
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cornejo
- In the spring, the beautiful white dogwood tree blossoms attract many visitors to the park.
- dogwood tree
- flowering dogwood
- red dogwood
The canopy over the top looks to be Dogwood, if I am not mistaken.
- The canopy over the top looks to be Dogwood, if I am not mistaken.
Examples
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I wondered if the little dogwood would make it through the winter.
Fiction book (1996) -
So lovely in May, all lacy with dogwood and simply flooded with jonquils.
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And it is all fresh and green and pink with the dogwood trees in full bloom?
Fiction book (2000) -
I hid and watched my apartment from beneath a thin dogwood tree.
Fiction book (1996) -
And the old town was at its most beautiful; everywhere, white dogwood delicately spread its branches.
Fiction book (1999) -
Along with the bluebird, the dogwood is the great harbinger of the Kentucky spring.
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We bought an old four-story brick townhouse with a dogwood out front.
Fiction book (2001) -
When the dogwoods and crab apples were in bloom, this place seemed like a fairy world.
Fiction book (2000) -
The woods had gone dark, but blooming dogwoods still glowed among the trees.
Fiction book (1998) -
Still, the cemetery was a sanctuary shaded by dogwood trees whose pale, bleeding petals scattered light against the stones.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A small tree with bright white or pink flowers in clusters
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A small tree with showy white or pink flowers and red berries
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A group of shrubs and small trees that lose their leaves in winter and are called dogwoods
Compounds
A European shrub that loses its leaves and has dull white flowers and red leaves in autumn
A small tree from eastern North America with showy white or pink spring flowers and red fall berries
A small North American tree grown in gardens for its white spring flowers and red berries
An evergreen shrub or small tree from tropical America with soft fruit used as natural soap
A small tree with large leaves and attractive flowers whose bark fishermen use to stun fish
A North American swamp shrub with greenish flowers and poisonous berries and oily parts that cause skin irritation
A tree with green-and-white striped bark and large leaves that turn bright yellow in autumn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dogwood may come from an old word like dag meaning 'dagger' or 'pointed stick', because the tree has very hard twigs that people once used for small tools and skewers. So the name fits the tree you see in gardens, with its flowers and strong branches.