Dogwood

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

dogwood
n. various trees and their wood; noneof them the same as those called dogwood in the NorthernHemisp...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
dogwood
(Rhus vernix.) The popular name of the poison sumac. It grows in swamps, and from the beauty of its ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
dogwood poison-bush
n. a New South Wales name;the same as Ellangowan Poison-bush (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris