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Definition of American dogwood
1. Noun. Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Cornel, Dogwood, Dogwood Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Dogwood
Literary usage of American dogwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Kalendar: Directing what Works are Necessary to be Performed by Philip Miller (1769)
"... three or four forts of Virgins Bovver, Spindle- tree, American dogwood, ...
American dogwood, Tartarian Dogwood, Scarlet-flowering ..."
2. The American Handbook of Ornamental Trees by Thomas Meehan (1853)
"American dogwood. Native of the Northern and Middle States. One of the most
beautiful of our native flowering small trees, the flowers appearing in April, ..."
3. With Poor Immigrants to America by Stephen Graham (1914)
"In the gardens the ficacia was shooting her yellow arrows, in the woods the
American dogwood tree was covered with white blossoms like thousands of little ..."
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