blood-twig

1. 1.

   European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers

   Synonymscommon European dogwoodred dogwoodpedwoodCornus sanguinea

   Broaderdogwood

Questions about blood-twig

What does blood-twig mean?

blood-twig means "European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers".

How many syllables are in blood-twig?

blood-twig has 2 syllables: blood--twig. The stress falls on "blood-".

What is another word for blood-twig?

Close synonyms include common European dogwood, red dogwood, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea. 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 blood-twig a common word?

blood-twig 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.