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dogwood
adjective
designating a family (Cornaceae, order Cornales) of dicotyledonous small trees and shrubs
noun
- any of a genus (Cornus) of trees and shrubs of the dogwood family, esp. the flowering dogwood
- its hard, closegrained wood
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