: a common spring-flowering usually white-bracted dogwood (Cornus florida)
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Ornamental offerings include flowering dogwood, persimmon, serviceberry and elderberry.—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 Established plants have some drought tolerance, and grow at a similar pace overall to flowering dogwood.—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025 In my experience, hardy nursery products, such as oaks, maples and flowering dogwoods, tend to sell out quickly during this season due to buyers' confidence in these plants' survival and growth potential.—Tammy Sons, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Trees available during this week's event are flowering dogwood, sour gum, northern red oak, eastern redbud and American hornbeam.—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flowering dogwood
: a common spring-flowering white-bracted dogwood of the genus Cornus (C. florida) the dried bark of whose root has been used as a mild astringent and stomachic
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