Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as dogwood, 1.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word dogwood-tree.

Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.