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dogwood noun. L16.
[from DOG noun + WOOD noun1. Cf. DOGBERRY noun1.]
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Cornus (family Cornaceae); their hard horny wood; esp. (a) the wild cornel, C. sanguinea, a shrub with dark red twigs and clusters of small white flowers; (b) N. Amer. (also flowering dogwood) the flowering cornel, C. florida, a deciduous tree in which the flowers are surrounded by large petal-like bracts. L16.
(The wood of) any of various shrubs and trees suggesting the wild cornel in appearance or by the hardness of their wood; esp. (W. Indies) the leguminous tree Piscidia piscipula; Austral. the leguminous shrub Jacksonia scoparia. L17.