North American Dogwood

dog·wood (dôg

, d

n. In both senses also called flowering dogwood.

1. A tree (Cornus florida) of eastern North America, having small greenish flowers surrounded by four large, showy white or pink bracts that resemble petals.

2. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Cornus.

dogwood [ˈdɒgˌwʊd]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various cornaceous trees or shrubs of the genus Cornus, esp C. sanguinea, a European shrub with clusters of small white flowers and black berries: the shoots are red in winter

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Noun	1.	dogwood - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers cornel, dogwood tree Cornus, genus Cornus - a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere dogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood common white dogwood, Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood - deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush, red dogwood - common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Cornus obliqua, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel Cornus amomum, silky cornel, silky dogwood - shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, pedwood, red dogwood - European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska cornelian cherry, Cornus mas - deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	2.	dogwood - hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood cornel, dogwood, dogwood tree - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

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dogwood [ˈdɒgwʊd] n (= tree, bush) → cornouiller m

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alder dogwood American dogwood blood-twig bunchberry common European dogwood common white dogwood cornel Cornus Cornus amomum Cornus florida Cornus obliqua Cornus sanguinea Cornus stolonifera dogwood tree eastern flowering dogwood genus Cornus pedwood poison dogwood red dogwood	That tree definitely could not have been the North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, since that tree did not grow in Israel at the time of Jesus Christ. Flowering Dogwood Trees A Favorite Tree of America by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community	Normodyne normotensive normothermia Norn nornicotine Norodom Sihanouk Noropianic Norplant Norrington Norris Norrish Norrköping Norroy Norse Norse deity Norse mythology Norseman Nortelry North North Africa North African North America North American North American Aerospace Defense Command North American country North American Dogwood North American Free Trade Agreement North American nation North Atlantic North Atlantic Council North Atlantic Current North Atlantic Drift North Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Treaty North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Ayrshire North Bay North Bergen North Borneo North Brabant north by east north by west North Canadian River North Cape North Carolina North Carolinian North Cascades National Park north celestial pole North Channel North Charleston North Country	North American Datum of 1983 North American Deck and Railing Association North American Deep Drawing Research Group North American Deer Farmers Association North American Deer Management Network North American Defense Industrial Base North American Defense Industrial Base Organization North American Design Institute North American Deutsch Kurzhaar Club North American Development Bank North American Development Bank North American Dhrupad Association North American Dialing Plan North American Die Casting Association North American Digital Cellular North American Digital Hierarchy North American Digital Systems Directory North American Directory Forum North American Discus Association North American Diversified Resources North American Division Evangelism Institute North American Division of the Schopenhauer Society North American Division Office of Education North American Dog Agility Council, Inc. North American Dog Daycare Association North American Dogwood North American Draft Cross Association, Inc North American Dräger North American Dräger North American Dressage Trainers' Club North American Drought Monitor North American Dundee Supporters Club North American Dutch Shepherd Rescue North American Economics and Finance Association North American Electric Reliability Corporation North American Electric Reliability Council North American Electric Reliability Organization North American Electric Vehicle and Infrastructure Conference North American elk North American elk North American elk North American Elk Breeders Association North American Emergency Management, LLC North American Emergency Response Guidebook North American Employers' Council, Inc. North American Energy Credit and Clearing Corp North American Energy Measurement and Verification Protocol North American Energy Standards Board North American Energy Working Group North American Ensemble Forecast System North American equine encephalomyelitis North American equine encephalomyelitis North American Equine Ranching Information Council North American Equipment Dealers Association

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alder dogwood
American dogwood
blood-twig
bunchberry
common European dogwood
common white dogwood
cornel
Cornus
Cornus amomum
Cornus florida
Cornus obliqua
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus stolonifera
dogwood tree
eastern flowering dogwood
genus Cornus
pedwood
poison dogwood
red dogwood

That tree definitely could not have been the North American dogwood tree, Cornus florida, since that tree did not grow in Israel at the time of Jesus Christ.

Flowering Dogwood Trees A Favorite Tree of America by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community

North American Datum of 1983
North American Deck and Railing Association
North American Deep Drawing Research Group
North American Deer Farmers Association
North American Deer Management Network
North American Defense Industrial Base
North American Defense Industrial Base Organization
North American Design Institute
North American Deutsch Kurzhaar Club
North American Development Bank
North American Development Bank
North American Dhrupad Association
North American Dialing Plan
North American Die Casting Association
North American Digital Cellular
North American Digital Hierarchy
North American Digital Systems Directory
North American Directory Forum
North American Discus Association
North American Diversified Resources
North American Division Evangelism Institute
North American Division of the Schopenhauer Society
North American Division Office of Education
North American Dog Agility Council, Inc.
North American Dog Daycare Association

North American Dogwood

North American Draft Cross Association, Inc
North American Dräger
North American Dräger
North American Dressage Trainers' Club
North American Drought Monitor
North American Dundee Supporters Club
North American Dutch Shepherd Rescue
North American Economics and Finance Association
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
North American Electric Reliability Council
North American Electric Reliability Organization
North American Electric Vehicle and Infrastructure Conference
North American elk
North American elk
North American elk
North American Elk Breeders Association
North American Emergency Management, LLC
North American Emergency Response Guidebook
North American Employers' Council, Inc.
North American Energy Credit and Clearing Corp
North American Energy Measurement and Verification Protocol
North American Energy Standards Board
North American Energy Working Group
North American Ensemble Forecast System
North American equine encephalomyelitis
North American equine encephalomyelitis
North American Equine Ranching Information Council
North American Equipment Dealers Association

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