dogwood
1. [ noun ] (botany) a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
Synonyms: cornel dogwood_tree
Related terms: angiospermous_tree common_white_dogwood silky_dogwood silky_cornel common_European_dogwood bunchberry cornelian_cherry red_osier Cornus
2. [ noun ] hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resemble boxwood
Related terms: wood
Similar spelling:   do_good
  dogged
  doggy_do