Type and usage of dogwood from BoostVocab

dogwood

/'dɔɡ,wʊd/

noun
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
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cornel dogwood tree

type of:
flowering tree angiospermous tree
noun
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
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type of:
wood

Definition that contains dogwood

dogwood hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood
cornus a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
genus cornus a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
oak blight a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods

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