SINCE 1828
green osier
nounDefinition of green osier
: either of two dogwoods:
a
: blue dogwood
b
: a coarse shrub (Cornus rugosa) with greenish branches, broadly ovate leaves, and bluish fruit
— called also round-leaved dogwood
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