dogwood

noun

dog·wood ˈdȯg-ˌwu̇d

: any of various trees and shrubs (genus Cornus of the family Cornaceae, the dogwood family) with clusters of small flowers and often large white, pink, or red involucral bracts

Examples of dogwood in a Sentence

The furniture is made of dogwood.

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All plants that bloom in the spring, from dogwoods and azaleas, to tulip magnolias, forsythia, redbuds, and flowering quince have their flower buds set now, or are finishing up setting them. —

Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024 The horse came closer, stepping daintily, carefully, into the flower bed by the dogwood tree. —

Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024 Picture these South Louisville neighborhoods being gradually hugged by a growing mix of pines, hollies, arborvitaes, magnolias, dogwoods, oaks, and more. —

Bill Frist, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 These include maples, pines, dogwoods, and other landscape favorites. —

Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dogwood