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dogwood

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɒɡwʊd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AO1 G W UH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The wood of such trees and shrubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dogwood tree, cornel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Narrower terms: common white dogwood, eastern flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, American dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera, silky dogwood, Cornus obliqua, silky cornel, Cornus amomum, common European dogwood, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea, bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis, cornelian cherry, Cornus mas

5

noun

Meaning 5

hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wood

History

Etymology

From dag + wood, from dag (“a sharp object”).

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: thanukël — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Bulgarian: кучешки дрян (kučeški drjan) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Catalan: sanguinyol — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏏᏔ (ganasita) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏅᏏᏔ (kanvsita) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Cheyenne: ma'kóomeeheso — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山茱萸 (shānzhūyú) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Czech: dřín — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Danish: kornel — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Dutch: kornoelje — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Finnish: kanukka — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • French: cornouiller — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Friulian: sanzit — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Friulian: sangìt — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Friulian: forcule — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Galician: corneira — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Galician: sangomiño — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Georgian: შინდი (šindi) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • German: Hartriegel — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Ancient Greek: κράνεια (kráneia) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Italian: sanguinella — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Japanese: 水木 (mizuki) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Kumyk: чум (çum) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Latin: cornus — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Macedonian: дрен (dren) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Polish: dereń — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Portuguese: corniso — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Romanian: sânger — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Romanian: corn — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Russian: кизи́л (kizíl) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Russian: дёрен (djóren) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Northern Sami: kornell — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Serbo-Croatian: дрен — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Serbo-Croatian: dren — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Slovene: dren — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Spanish: cornejo — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Swahili: msese — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Swedish: kornell — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Tagalog: korneho — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Ottoman Turkish: قزلجق آغاجی (kızılcık ağacı) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus
  • Ukrainian: дерен (deren) — tree or shrub of the genus Cornus