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Definition of Dogwood
1. Noun. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.
Group relationships: Cornus, Genus Cornus
Specialized synonyms: Common White Dogwood, Cornus Florida, Eastern Flowering Dogwood, American Dogwood, Cornus Stolonifera, Red Dogwood, Red Osier, Red Osier Dogwood, Redbrush, Cornus Obliqua, Silky Dogwood, Cornus Amomum, Silky Cornel, Silky Dogwood, Blood-twig, Common European Dogwood, Cornus Sanguinea, Pedwood, Red Dogwood, Bunchberry, Cornus Canadensis, Crackerberry, Dwarf Cornel, Pudding Berry, Cornelian Cherry, Cornus Mas
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
2. Noun. Hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood.
Definition of Dogwood
1. n. The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.
Definition of Dogwood
1. Noun. Any of various small trees of the genus ''Cornus'', especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel ¹
2. Noun. The wood of such trees and shrubs. ¹
3. Noun. A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogwood
1. a tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dogwood
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogwood
Literary usage of Dogwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1861)
"The Flowering dogwood is the most showy and beautiful of its genus. ... Among the
eight species of dogwood which have been observed in this country, ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The twig-girdler of the dogwood is an example. This is a small, cylindrical beetle
... It then makes two parallel cuts. Fig. 50. dogwood <J>- Twig girdler, ..."
3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE dogwood Teacher's Story Through cloud rifts the sunlight is streaming in floods
... Retouching the velvet-leafed dogwood to crimson as vital as blood. ..."
4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"dogwood, Flowering Uog- False Box-dogwood (Ky.). wood (local and common New ...
The names dogwood and Poison dogwood are often applied to the sumach. ..."
5. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"Still another of these plants is piscidia erythrina or Jamaica dogwood, which is
used as a fish poison by the natives of some of the West Indies. ..."