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US
/ˈdɔˌɡwʊd/
]
[ UK /dˈɒɡwʊd/ ]
[ UK /dˈɒɡwʊd/ ]
NOUN
- a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
- hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
How To Use dogwood In A Sentence
- Among the 68 trees to be cut are American elms, sycamores, tulip poplars, a couple of Yoshino cherries, a dogwood, and one cucumber magnolia.
- You'll get a hankering to come back every year in early May when the redbuds open and the dogwoods bloom.
- To start, they planted shrubs and small trees, including dogwoods, serviceberries, witch hazels, and native rhododendrons.
- Plants such as viburnum, dogwood, maple or linden may need more water than species like honeylocust, oak or hackberry, which are better suited to Nebraska's dry, continental climate.
- There are also national collections of ilex (holly) and cornus (dogwoods). Times, Sunday Times
- The fothergilla, dogwoods and lilac are near fully open. Greetings From Fairegarden-April Bloom Day 2010 « Fairegarden
- Native Americans used both red-osier dogwood bark and leaves of the kinnikinnic (bearberry, Arcturus uva-ursi) as adulterants mixed with native tobacco.
- The company's shift has mollified two of its harshest critics, the enviro groups Dogwood Alliance and ForestEthics.
- I remember lying in the medical tent, the English sister bending over me, and all I could smell was dogwood blossom. FOLLY
- Carolyn Gail, thanks, I also thought the dogwood was our tree, but was corrected and now know it is the tulip poplar. Pink Dogwood Winter « Fairegarden