Dictionary

dogwood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɒɡwʊd/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.
2. (countable, uncountable) The wood of such trees and shrubs.
3. (countable, uncountable) A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

Forms

Deriveds

common dogwood · poison dogwood · red osier dogwood · Chinese dogwood · flowering dogwood · redtwig dogwood · Korean dogwood · Asian dogwood · Florida dogwood · Japanese dogwood · gray dogwood · pagoda dogwood · dogwood winter

Relateds

cornel · dogberry

Translations (41)

fr cornouiller (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · mk дрен (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · pl dereń (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · chr ᎧᏅᏏᏔ (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · fur forcule (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · gl corneira (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · la cornus (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sh dren (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ro sânger (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sl dren (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · se kornell (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · fur sanzit (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · uk дерен (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · it sanguinella (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · pt corniso (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · gl sangomiño (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sh дрен (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · fi kanukka (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · bg кучешки дрян (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · es cornejo (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ru кизи́л (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · grc κράνεια (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ota قزلجق آغاجی (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · tl korneho (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · chr ᎦᎾᏏᏔ (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ca sanguinyol (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · da kornel (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · de Hartriegel (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · cmn 山茱萸 (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sq thanukël (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ja 水木 (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ro corn (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ka შინდი (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · chy ma'kóomeeheso (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · cs dřín (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · ru дёрен (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · fur sangìt (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · nl kornoelje (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · kum чум (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sv kornell (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus) · sw msese (tree or shrub of the genus Cornus)