american dogwood

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   common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers

   Synonymsred osierred osier dogwoodred dogwoodredbrushCornus stolonifera

   Broaderdogwood

Questions about american dogwood

What does american dogwood mean?

american dogwood means "common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers".

What is another word for american dogwood?

Close synonyms include red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american dogwood a common word?

american dogwood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.