- flowering dogwood
- noun Date: 1843 a common spring-flowering usually white-bracted dogwood (Cornus florida)
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flowering dogwood
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flowering dogwood — n. a small dogwood tree (Cornus florida) of the E U.S., with groups of small flowers surrounded by four large white or pink, petal like bracts … English World dictionary
flowering dogwood — gausiažiedė sedula statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sedulinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Cornus florida), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cornus florida angl. American boxwood; dogwood; eastern… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
flowering dogwood — noun also flowering cornel : a common spring flowering white bracted dogwood (Cornus florida) * * * a North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, having small greenish flowers in the spring, surrounded by white or pink bracts that resemble… … Useful english dictionary
flowering dogwood — flow·er·ing dogwood flau̇( ə)r iŋ n a common spring flowering white bracted dogwood of the genus Cornus (C. florida) the dried bark of whose root has been used as a mild astringent and stomachic … Medical dictionary
flowering dogwood — a North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, having small greenish flowers in the spring, surrounded by white or pink bracts that resemble petals: the state flower and the state tree of Virginia. Also called boxwood. [1835 45] * * * … Universalium
flowering dogwood — flow′ering dog′wood n. pln the North American dogwood, Cornus florida, having tiny green flowers surrounded by large white or pink petallike bracts • Etymology: 1835–45 … From formal English to slang
flowering dogwood — /flaʊərɪŋ ˈdɒgwʊd/ (say flowuhring dogwood) noun a deciduous shrub, Cornus florida, native to the eastern US, widely planted for its pink and white flowers …
eastern flowering dogwood — gausiažiedė sedula statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sedulinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Cornus florida), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cornus florida angl. American boxwood; dogwood; eastern… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
pink-flowering dogwood — gausiažiedė sedula statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sedulinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Cornus florida), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cornus florida angl. American boxwood; dogwood; eastern… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
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
