Definition of dogwood in English:
dogwood
noun ˈdɒɡwʊdˈdɔɡˌwʊd
1A shrub or small tree of north temperate regions, which yields hard timber and is grown for its decorative foliage, red stems, or colourful berries.
梾木属植物梾木，山茱萸Genus Cornus, family Cornaceae: many species
- Annual climbers such as sweet peas can be supported by a wigwam made from bamboo or by twiggy prunings taken from coloured stemmed dogwoods and other shrubs cut back in March.
- This dogwood is grown for both its foliage and coloured stems and because of this, doesn't necessarily have to be cut back as hard as species grown simply for their winter stems.
- In the past week, the fall in temperature has turned the leaves and stems of the dogwood a glorious crimson, making it a marvellous foil for mauve Michaelmas daisies.
- Flower buds formed quickly and now two have bloomed with pink outer petals and white centres contrasting well, if accidentally, with the dark red stems of the dogwood.
- If you are growing your willows and dogwoods for their colourful winter stems, cut them hard back now.
- 1.1 Used in names of trees which resemble the dogwood or yield similar hard timber.用于类似树或有类似硬质木材的树的名称中
Origin
So named because the wood was formerly used to make ‘dogs’ (i.e. skewers).
Rhymes
logwood
Definition of dogwood in US English:
dogwood
nounˈdôɡˌwo͝odˈdɔɡˌwʊd
1A shrub or small tree of north temperate regions, which yields hard timber and is grown for its decorative foliage, red stems, or colorful berries.
梾木属植物梾木，山茱萸Genus Cornus, family Cornaceae: many species, including the flowering dogwood (C. florida), common to the eastern US
- If you are growing your willows and dogwoods for their colourful winter stems, cut them hard back now.
- In the past week, the fall in temperature has turned the leaves and stems of the dogwood a glorious crimson, making it a marvellous foil for mauve Michaelmas daisies.
- Annual climbers such as sweet peas can be supported by a wigwam made from bamboo or by twiggy prunings taken from coloured stemmed dogwoods and other shrubs cut back in March.
- Flower buds formed quickly and now two have bloomed with pink outer petals and white centres contrasting well, if accidentally, with the dark red stems of the dogwood.
- This dogwood is grown for both its foliage and coloured stems and because of this, doesn't necessarily have to be cut back as hard as species grown simply for their winter stems.
- 1.1 Used in names of trees which resemble the dogwood or yield similar hard timber.用于类似树或有类似硬质木材的树的名称中
Origin
So named because the wood was formerly used to make ‘dogs’ (i.e. skewers).