dogwood

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UK/ˈdɒɡwʊd/

noun

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

Similar
dogwood treecornel
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Meanings

noundogwood (countable and uncountable, plural dogwoods)

plural dogwoods

  1. countableuncountableAny of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.
  2. countableuncountableThe wood of such trees and shrubs.
  3. countableuncountableA wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Similar
dogwood treecornel
Broader
angiospermous treeflowering tree
Also see
cornelwilga

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dag + wood, from dag (“a sharp object”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek κράνεια
  • κράνεια (kráneia)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Bulgarian кучешки дрян
  • кучешки дрян (kučeški drjan)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Catalan sanguinyol
  • sanguinyoltree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Chinese Mandarin 山茱萸
  • 山茱萸 (shānzhūyú)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Czech dřín
  • dříntree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Danish kornel
  • korneltree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Dutch kornoelje
  • kornoeljetree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Finnish kanukka
  • kanukkatree or shrub of the genus Cornus
French cornouiller
  • cornouillertree or shrub of the genus Cornus
German Hartriegel
  • Hartriegeltree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Italian sanguinella
  • sanguinellatree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Japanese 水木
  • 水木 (mizuki)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Latin cornus
  • cornustree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Polish dereń
  • dereńtree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Portuguese corniso
  • cornisotree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Romanian sânger, corn
  • sângertree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • corntree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Russian кизи́л, дёрен
  • кизи́л (kizíl)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • дёрен (djóren)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Spanish cornejo
  • cornejotree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Swahili msese
  • msesetree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Swedish kornell
  • kornelltree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Tagalog korneho
  • kornehotree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Ukrainian дерен
  • дерен (deren)tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
Cite this entry
APA

dogwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogwood

MLA

“dogwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogwood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogwood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogwood.

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