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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Pruning dogwood, forsythia, azaleas, and rhododendrons now will mean fewer flowers in the spring. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024 Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9 While dogwood’s spring blooms get all the glory, these trees also produce gorgeous burgundy to purple fall foliage. —

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