Noun: silky dogwood
- Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit
"Birds feast on the blue berries of silky dogwood in fall";
- silky cornel, Cornus amomum
- Shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel
"Silky dogwood provides food for wildlife";
- Cornus obliqua
Derived forms: silky dogwoods
Type of: cornel, dogwood, dogwood tree
Encyclopedia: Silky dogwood