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SILKY DOGWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silky dogwood mean?
• SILKY DOGWOOD (noun)
The noun SILKY DOGWOOD has 2 senses:
1. shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
2. shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
Familiarity information: SILKY DOGWOOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cornus amomum; silky cornel; silky dogwood
Hypernyms ("silky 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:
Shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cornus obliqua; silky dogwood
Hypernyms ("silky 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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