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Noun: dogwood tree
  1. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
    "The dogwood tree's white bracts brightened the forest in spring";
    - dogwood, cornel

Derived forms: dogwood trees

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: Cornus, genus Cornus

Encyclopedia: Dogwood tree