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Definitions

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Examples

  • “Dante took a step closer, but the edge of his right wing brushed a planter full of yellow roses and knocked it to the bricks in a shower of dirt and petals, while the arched tip of his left wing thumped into a branch of the dogwood tree overhanging the bench.”

    Simon & Schuster: Etched in Bone

  • “From the perch Bevan Jake has scrambled into amid the white dogwood tree on our lawn, he warbles, “Be brave, Dadda!””

    Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

  • “But the old playground rhyme came to an abrupt end as a storm-gray hawk swept out of the dogwood tree and attacked Fancy.”

    Simon & Schuster: Slice Of Cherry

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. flowering tree
  1. angiospermous tree

hyponyms (24)

Words that are more specific

  1. bunchberry
  2. cornus stolonifera
  3. american dogwood
  4. cornus florida
  1. eastern flowering dogwood
  2. silky cornel
  3. crackerberry
  4. cornus sanguinea
  1. common european dogwood
  2. cornus mas
  3. dwarf cornel
  4. blood-twig
  1. silky dogwood
  2. cornus amomum
  3. red osier dogwood
  4. common white dogwood
  1. cornus obliqua
  2. cornelian cherry
  3. pudding berry
  4. redbrush
  1. red dogwood
  2. cornus canadensis
  3. red osier
  4. pedwood

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. dogwood
  2. cottonwood
  3. gaiter
  1. gaiter-tree
  2. dogwood tree
  3. prick-timber
  1. broadleaf
  2. gaitre
  3. gaytre
  1. gadrise
  2. gaiter-berry
  3. poison sumac
  1. striped maple
  2. tupelo
  3. cornel

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