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RED OSIER DOGWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red osier dogwood mean?
• RED OSIER DOGWOOD (noun)
The noun RED OSIER DOGWOOD has 1 sense:
1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
Familiarity information: RED OSIER DOGWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 osier 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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