dogwood tree

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Noun

1.

dogwood tree - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowerscornel, dogwoodCornus, 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