red osier


red osier

noun

Definition of RED OSIER

: a common shrubby North American dogwood (Cornus stolonifera syn. C. sericea) with reddish-purple twigs, small white flowers, and globose blue or whitish fruit

First Known Use of RED OSIER

1807

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