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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Note: There are several species, one of which {Cornus mascula}, called also {cornelian cherry}, bears a red acid berry. {C. florida} is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. {Dogwood tree}. a The dogwood or {Cornus}. b A papilionaceous tree ({Piscidia erythrina}) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also {Jamaica dogwood}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dogwood n 1: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy flower-like bracts [syn: {dogwood tree}, {cornel}] 2: hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resemble boxwood From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Dogwood, TX Zip code(s): 75979
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