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Webster 1913 Edition

(-woŏdˊ)

Noun.

[So named from skewers (dags) being made of it.

Dr. Prior

. See

, and

(Bot.)

The

Cornus

, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

☞ There are several species, one of which,

Cornus mascula

, called also

cornelian cherry

, bears a red acid berry.

Cornus florida

is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms.

Dogwood tree

(a)

The dogwood or

Cornus

(b)

A papilionaceous tree (

Piscidia erythrina

) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; – called also

Jamaica dogwood

Noun.

A common name of different species of Cornus or cornelian cherry.