Used in a Sentence

dogwood

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dogwood.

Editorial note

Pretty sure it was a dogwood or maybe a maple, though the type of tree probably isn't important.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dogwood gathered in one view.

noun

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

noun

The wood of such trees and shrubs.

noun

A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dogwood.

noun

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

noun

A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

Example sentences

1

Pretty sure it was a dogwood or maybe a maple, though the type of tree probably isn't important.

2

After you and others on your team have 'eaten your own dogwood' for a while, then start selling it.

3

There are some small ornamental apples that have been in my yard for decades that look very similar dogwood.

4

Suffice to say that Dogwood was meant to be the 4th major evolution of what Heroku was.

5

It's really obvious they're a dogwood too, once you get past the fact they're not woody.

6

If they dogwood issues with collaborating external organisations in private perhaps they'll find the nirvana we all crave?

7

I like the dogwood idea in general, but when you're in a different industry vertical it doesn't make sense.

8

Most of us home-gamers just use environmental clues - number of bugs, buds on dogwood or pecan trees (native ones), when other trees flower.

9

There's a pump in the yard, an old cattle shed for storage, 80 acres of wandering paths among the bird-planted cedar trees and dogwood.

10

I've read a similar thing about pink dogwood, where growing a seedling from it will only have a small chance of being another pink dogwood, more likely than not producing a white one.

11

Unlike many _other_ product companies, they all dogwood their own code.

12

I had this day I was laying down under a dogwood tree and planning to tell my PhD adviser I was going to quit.

Quote examples

1

Dogwood bushes and Rose of Sharon grow rather quickly and make a nice "green screen".

2

Having a Dogwood that would grow fastigiate retaining the "dog wood" part, would be a revolution, but is not available at this moment (and probably will never be).

3

There are many ways to combat something without resorting to —as you strawmanned their comment with–“authoritarian means.” We combatted the ridiculous notion when masses of people thought they could cure diseases by burying a rotten fig under a dogwood tree on the 13th tuesday of the year if it was raining, and we did this by teaching people why that is ridiculous.

Proper noun examples

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Nah, I'm compiling plenty of stuff right on the phone (Librem 5 Dogwood) and it rarely hits the thermal throttling threshold.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dogwood in a sentence?

Pretty sure it was a dogwood or maybe a maple, though the type of tree probably isn't important.

What does dogwood mean?

Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.

What part of speech is dogwood?

dogwood is commonly used as noun.