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单词 dogwood
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dogwood

(dɒgwʊd, US dɔːg-)
Word forms: plural dogwoods
variable noun
A dogwood is a tree or bush that has groups of small white flowers surrounded by four large leaves.

dogwood in British English

(ˈdɒɡˌwʊd) or dagwood (ˈdæɡˌwʊd)
noun
any of various cornaceous trees or shrubs of the genus Cornus, esp C. sanguinea, a European shrub with clusters of small white flowers and black berries: the shoots are red in winter

dogwood in American English

(ˈdɔgˌwʊd)
adjective
1. 
designating a family (Cornaceae, order Cornales) of dicotyledonous small trees and shrubs
noun
2. 
any of a genus (Cornus) of trees and shrubs of the dogwood family, esp. the flowering dogwood
3. 
its hard, closegrained wood
Word origin
shortened < dogberry wood, dogberry tree

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Examples of 'dogwood' in a sentence
dogwood

As they had driven through the winding avenue of dogwood and into the cobbled courtyard surrounded by pleached limes, she had grown uneasy.
Dobbs, Michael THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS (2001)
As he turned into the drive before his house, the tyres of the car swept up the fallen petals of the dogwood.
McCorquodale, Robin DANSVILLE (2001)
I remember lying in the medical tent, the English sister bending over me, and all I could smell was dogwood blossom.
Laurie R. King FOLLY (2001)

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