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Dogwood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood of such trees and shrubs. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood wordnet
  5. 5
    A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From dag + wood, from dag (“a sharp object”).

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