red dogwood

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red dogwood¹

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

We do go then in classes from school, for the hills are perfectly beautiful with the red dogwood and the dark blue 'bread and butter' vines.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg