Pacific dogwood

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noun

a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.

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Also called mountain dogwood.

Words nearby Pacific dogwood

pacifically, pacificate, pacification, Pacific barracuda, Pacific cod, Pacific dogwood, Pacific Grove, Pacific Islander, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, Pacific Northwest

How to use Pacific dogwood in a sentence

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Still, at least Macklemore sounds like a white guy from the Pacific Northwest.
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Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.
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He was a young Army Air Force lieutenant whose plane crashed in the Pacific in May 1943.
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To break her self-destructive cycle and heal, she decides to hike 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail solo.
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That his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.
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The shrieking trade-winds and the dense white fogs were hibernating somewhere out in the Pacific.
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It looked so calm and peaceful that he said, "I will call it 'Pacific,' for I have never seen the like before."
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At this spot, according to our works on geography, the Atlantic Ocean changes its name and assumes that of the Pacific.
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That extraordinary but unfortunate man was the first European whose eyes rested on the broad Pacific.
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