flowering dogwood

noun

: a common spring-flowering usually white-bracted dogwood (Cornus florida)

Examples of flowering dogwood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This lovely native tree, offering fleecy, white flowers in spring and bright yellow fall foliage, makes a good substitute for a flowering dogwood if your yard doesn't support those trees. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026

Wait to prune early flowering trees, including flowering dogwood, azalea, redbud, and lilac. —Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 25 Jan. 2026

Some easy-care, native small trees include flowering dogwood, redbud, and sweetbay magnolia. 7. —Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2025

The tree species expected to be available include Ohio buckeye, tulip poplar, white flowering dogwood, white pine and yellowwood. —Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flowering dogwood

• adulthood
• babyhood
• brotherhood
• cottonwood
• fatherhood
• firewood
• fuelwood
• hardihood
• ironwood
• leatherwood
• likelihood
• livelihood

Medical Definition

flowering dogwood

noun

flow·​er·​ing dogwood ˈflau̇(-ə)r-iŋ- 

: a common spring-flowering white-bracted dogwood of the genus Cornus (C. florida) the dried bark of whose root has been used as a mild astringent and stomachic