red dogwood

red dogwood
1. a Eurasian dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, having greenish-white flowers and dark-red branches.
2. a variety of flowering dogwood, Cornus florida rubra, having red or pink bracts.
[1950-55]

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  • red dogwood — noun 1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers • Syn: ↑red osier, ↑red osier dogwood, ↑American dogwood, ↑redbrush, ↑Cornus stolonifera • Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tr …   Useful english dictionary

  • red osier — noun 1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers • Syn: ↑red osier dogwood, ↑red dogwood, ↑American dogwood, ↑redbrush, ↑Cornus stolonifera • Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwoo …   Useful english dictionary

  • dogwood tree — noun a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers • Syn: ↑dogwood, ↑cornel • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑common white dogwood, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • red osier dogwood — noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers • Syn: ↑red osier, ↑red dogwood, ↑American dogwood, ↑redbrush, ↑Cornus stolonifera • Hypernyms: ↑dogwood, ↑dogwood tree, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • red cornel — raudonoji sedula statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Cornus sanguinea angl. bloodtwig dogwood; common dogwood; red cornel; red dogwood vok. Blut Hartriegel; blutroter Hartriegel; gemeiner Hartriegel; roter Hartriegel rus. дерен красный;… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • Dogwood — Dog wood ( w[oo^]d ), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and {Dagger}.] (Bot.) The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dogwood tree — Dogwood Dog wood ( w[oo^]d ), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and {Dagger}.] (Bot.) The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dogwood — ► NOUN ▪ a flowering shrub or small tree with red stems, colourful berries, and hard wood. ORIGIN so named because the wood was formerly used to make ‘dogs’ (i.e. skewers) …   English terms dictionary

  • red osier — red′ o′sier n. bot (boi pln) a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits Also called red′ o sier dog′wood. Etymology: 1800–10, amer …   From formal English to slang

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