red dogwood

/rɛd ˌdɔgˈwʊd/

Other forms: red dogwoods

Definitions of red dogwood

1. noun

   common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
   synonyms: American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush

   type of:

   cornel, dogwood, dogwood tree

   a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
2. noun

   European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
   synonyms: Cornus sanguinea, blood-twig, common European dogwood, pedwood

   type of:

   cornel, dogwood, dogwood tree

   a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers