red dogwood

American  

noun

1. a Eurasian dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, having greenish-white flowers and dark-red branches.

2. a variety of flowering dogwood, Cornus florida rubra, having red or pink bracts.

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Etymology

Origin of red dogwood

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In outdoor pots, red dogwood stems and evergreen boughs bring structure, while violas, pansies and ornamental kale add unflinching color, shrugging off light frosts.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

He was lying under a group of giant walnut-trees, whose boles were sheltered from the road by a natural hedge of red dogwood and brambles.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

They are still coveting the stores of precious stones at the jewelers, and do not care for my ruby buds, and red dogwood, and scarlet winter berries, and ground pine, and partridge-berry leaves.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

Just picked some pretty red dogwood, Ben; and then I was a regular guy, with a face like a lobster, and my eyes swelled out of sight.

From Under the Lilacs by Alcott, Louisa May

Just picked some pretty red dogwood, Ben, and then I was a regular guy, with a face like a lobster and my eyes swelled out of sight.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes