Found 2 items, similar to Dogwood.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dogwood
dogwood
n 1: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy
bracts resembling flowers [syn:
dogwood tree,
cornel]
2: hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resemble
boxwood
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dogwood
Dogwood
\Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See
Dag, and
Dagger.] (Bot.)
The
Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Note: There are several species, one of which,
Cornus mascula
, called also
cornelian cherry, bears a red
acid berry.
Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood,
a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
[1913 Webster]
Dogwood tree.
(a) The dogwood or
Cornus.
(b) A papilionaceous tree (
Piscidia erythrina) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
Jamaica dogwood.
[1913 Webster]