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COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common white dogwood mean? 

COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD (noun)
  The noun COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD has 1 sense:

1. deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berriesplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


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COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common white dogwood; Cornus florida; eastern flowering dogwood

Hypernyms ("common white dogwood" is a kind of...):

cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)


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