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dogwood

/dawg-wood, dog-/US // ˈdɔgˌwʊd, ˈdɒg- //UK // (ˈdɒɡˌwʊd) //

山茱萸,山萸肉,茱萸,狗尾草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, especially C. sanguinea, of Europe, or C. florida, of America.
    • : the wood of any such tree.
    • : a light to medium brown or a medium yellowish-brown color.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the color dogwood.

Examples

  • As we drove through North Carolina and Virginia, I took note of the pine and redbud trees, forsythia, dogwoods and wisteria that were beginning to bloom.

  • Every community group can do something, like Girl Scout Troop 4 in Orange, New Jersey that planted 50 dogwood trees as part of the new Girl Scouts Tree Promise to plant five million trees.

  • Some years, they swallow up the dogwood, thick as heavy snow.

  • It is popularly known in the United States as "poison sumach," "poison dogwood" and "poison elder."

  • A slight shower of rain fell in the afternoon; and during our ride we first observed the dogwood (cornus florida).

  • An occasional golden dogwood leaf fluttered past the open windows, like a lazy yellow bird.

  • At last, "Let's go for a walk—you and me," she said, jumping up and going towards the dogwood thicket.

  • But she came back smiling and trailing great branches of white dogwood over her shoulder and down her sky-blue gown.