RED DOGWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red dogwood mean? 

• RED DOGWOOD (noun)
  The noun RED DOGWOOD has 2 senses:

1. European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers

2. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

  Familiarity information: RED DOGWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED DOGWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blood-twig; common European dogwood; Cornus sanguinea; pedwood; red dogwood

Hypernyms ("red dogwood" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American dogwood; Cornus stolonifera; red dogwood; red osier; red osier dogwood; redbrush

Hypernyms ("red dogwood" is a kind of...):

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