Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dogwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and {Dagger}.]
(Bot.)
The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
Note: There are several species, one of which, {Cornus
mascula}, called also {cornelian cherry}, bears a red
acid berry. {C. florida} is the flowering dogwood, a
small American tree with very showy blossoms.
{Dogwood tree}.
(a) The dogwood or {Cornus}.
(b) A papilionaceous tree ({Piscidia erythrina}) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
{Jamaica dogwood}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dogwood
n 1: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy
bracts resembling flowers [syn: {dogwood tree}, {cornel}]
2: hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resemble
boxwood
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