Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dogwood , 1.
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Examples
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Nautauquas had seated himself in the crotch of a dogwood-tree and looked with interest at his sister below him.
The Princess Pocahontas Virginia Watson 1904
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On a southern hillside he found a dogwood-tree with its blossomed firmament of white stars.
The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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Flower and leaf resemble those of the dogwood-tree, to which family the bunchberry belongs.
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888
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Fox crope up de leanin 'dogwood-tree twel he come nigh de grapes, en den he sorter ballunce hisse'f on a lim' en gun um a swipe wid his big bushy tail, fer ter bresh off de bugs.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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On you goes down de hill twel you come ter 'n'er branch, en on dat branch dars a dogwood-tree leanin' 'way over, en nigh dat dogwood dars a vine, en in dat vine, dar you'll fine yo' grapes.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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On you goes down de hill twel you come ter 'n'er branch, en on dat branch dars a dogwood-tree leanin' 'way over, en nigh dat dogwood dars a vine, en in dat vine, dar you'll fine yo' grapes.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Fox crope up de leanin 'dogwood-tree twel he come nigh de grapes, en den he sorter ballunce hisse'f on a lim' en gun um a swipe wid his big bushy tail, fer ter bresh off de bugs.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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My eyes being attracted by a little commotion on a dogwood-tree, I saw a saucy tufted titmouse chasing with cries one of the wrens who had food in its beak.
A Bird-Lover in the West Olive Thorne Miller 1874
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I sat down upon a log -- that same log of the liriodendron -- and under the shade of a spreading dogwood-tree.
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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