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red osier dogwood

red osier dogwood noun: a dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to northern North America.

red osier dogwood: a dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to northern North America
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Noun

red osier dogwood (countable and uncountable, plural red osier dogwoods)

  1. A dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to northern North America.
    Synonyms:
    red willow, redstem dogwood, redtwig dogwood, redtwig, red-rood, American dogwood, creek dogwood, western dogwood

Synonyms of red osier dogwood

Forms of red osier dogwood

pluralred osier dogwoods

Questions about red osier dogwood

What does red osier dogwood mean?
Red osier dogwood means a dogwood shrub of species Cornus sericea, native to northern North America.
What part of speech is red osier dogwood?
Red osier dogwood is a noun.
What is the plural of red osier dogwood?
The plural of red osier dogwood is red osier dogwoods.

Words near red osier dogwood in the dictionary

  1. red onion
  2. red onions
  3. red orpiment
  4. red orpiments
  5. red osier
  6. red osier dogwood
  7. red osier dogwoods
  8. red owl
  9. red owls
  10. red oxide
  11. red oxygen

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