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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 berries
Familiarity information: COMMON WHITE DOGWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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