flowering dogwood

noun

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

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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 There’s no guarantee, but some plants are less likely to be damaged by Japanese beetles, such as red maple, boxwood, flowering dogwood, holly, magnolia, some types of oaks and most evergreens. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025 For example, opt for small trees such as Japanese maple, flowering dogwood, crabapple, serviceberry, and redbud rather than towering shade trees. 4. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025 Ornamental offerings include flowering dogwood, persimmon, serviceberry and elderberry. Jason Clayworth, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flowering dogwood

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First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flowering dogwood was in 1843

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flowering dogwood

noun
flow·​er·​ing dogwood ˈflau̇(-ə)r-iŋ- How to pronounce flowering dogwood (audio)
: 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

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