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dog·wood D0326000 (dôg′wo͝od′, dŏg′-)n.1. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cornus, having flowers in clusters and hard dense wood, and often cultivated as ornamentals.2. A dogwood (Cornus florida) of eastern North America, having small greenish flowers surrounded by four large, showy white or pink bracts that resemble petals. Also called flowering dogwood.
[From dog (used in composition to mean "inferior" or "strong-smelling"), perhaps in reference to the unpleasant odor of the flowers of the common European dogwood (Cornus sanguinea).]dogwood (ˈdɒɡˌwʊd) or dagwoodn (Plants) 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 winterdog•wood (ˈdɔgˌwʊd, ˈdɒg-)
n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, esp. C. sanguinea, of Europe, or C. florida, of America. 2. the wood of any of these trees. adj. 3. made of such wood. [1610–20] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dogwood - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowerscornel, dogwood treeCornus, genus Cornus - a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemispheredogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwoodcommon white dogwood, Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood - deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berriesAmerican dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush, red dogwood - common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowersCornus obliqua, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornelCornus amomum, silky cornel, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruitblood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, pedwood, red dogwood - European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowersbunchberry, Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaskacornelian cherry, Cornus mas - deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruitangiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary | | 2. | dogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwoodcornel, dogwood, dogwood tree - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowerswood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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dogwood or cornel (kôr`nəl), shrub or tree of the genus Cornus, chiefly of north temperate and tropical mountain regions, characteristically having an inconspicuous flower surrounded by large, showy bracts which are often mistaken for petals. This trait is evident in the flowering dogwood (C. florida) of E North America, with white or pink bracts, and the very similar Pacific dogwood (C. nuttallii) of the West. Dogwood anthracnose, a fungal disease, has killed many wild woodland dogwoods since the 1980s. Both species are cultivated as ornamentals. Their bark, rich in tannin, has been used medicinally (as is that of the other species of Cornus), for example, as a quininequinine
, white crystalline alkaloid with a bitter taste. Before the development of more effective synthetic drugs such as quinacrine, chloroquine, and primaquine, quinine was the specific agent in the treatment of malaria.
..... Click the link for more information. substitute. Their hard wood is used for various objects, e.g., machinery bearings and tool handles. The fruits of some species are edible, e.g., those of the Old World cornelian cherry (C. mas), used also for preserves and the French liqueur vin de cornouille. The bunchberry, or dwarf cornel (C. canadensis), is a low herbaceous wildflower of North America. Dogwoods are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Cornales, family Cornaceae.  dogwood dogwoodMost dogwood fruits are super bitter and not edible, but one palatable species is called Cornelian Cherry (available from EdibleLandscaping.com). The root-bark tea from normal Dogwoods used historically as an astringent (stops bleeding), pain-reducing anti-inflammatory, laxative, cough suppressant for malaria, fever, uterine problems and diarrhea. Twigs are chewed to clean and whiten teeth.Dogwood shrubs and trees of several species. Swida sanguinea is usually called dogwood; it is widespread in western and central regions of the European USSR and in middle and southern Europe; more rarely, S. australis, which grows in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Asia Minor, is called dogwood. They are shrubs or low trees of the family Cornaceae, having purple shoots, white flowers and corymbiform inflorescences without spathes, and opposite, simple leaves, pale-green underneath. The fruits are juicy and spherical, blue-black or black. Both species are widely grown as ornamentals. Sometimes the wild service tree is called dogwood.
Dogwood (Cornus), a genus of trees and shrubs of the family Cornaceae. The leaves are simple, entire, and opposite. The small bisexual flowers are gathered in umbellate clusters. The fruits are fleshy red drupes on stalks. Four species are found in central and southern Europe, Asia Minor, central China, Japan, and North America (California). The Soviet Union has one species, the cornelian cherry (Cornus mas). It grows in the underbrush and thickets at the edges of leafy forests in the southwestern European USSR, the Crimea, and the Caucasus. Its fruits are eaten fresh and used in preserves and compotes. The hard heavy wood is used in the manufacture of various items. Dogwood trees contain tannins, and are nectar-bearing. dogwoodof North Carolina and Virginia. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 639]See: Flower, StateDogwood
A tree used by Native Americans as antipyretic and laxative, and by Western herbalists as an appetite stimulant, and to treat renal and hepatic diseasedogwood
Related to dogwood: Dogwood Festival, Kousa DogwoodSynonyms for dogwoodnoun a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowersSynonymsRelated Words- Cornus
- genus Cornus
- dogwood
- common white dogwood
- Cornus florida
- eastern flowering dogwood
- American dogwood
- Cornus stolonifera
- red osier
- red osier dogwood
- redbrush
- red dogwood
- Cornus obliqua
- silky dogwood
- Cornus amomum
- silky cornel
- blood-twig
- common European dogwood
- Cornus sanguinea
- pedwood
- bunchberry
- Cornus canadensis
- crackerberry
- dwarf cornel
- pudding berry
- cornelian cherry
- Cornus mas
- angiospermous tree
- flowering tree
noun hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus CornusRelated Words- cornel
- dogwood
- dogwood tree
- wood
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