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American hornbeam and flowering dogwood Evolved to thrive in the dappled shade of the forest understory with a small footprint, the hornbeam handles city heat and compact soil.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
The homeowner can get a rebate on a smaller tree that would provide an intermediate forest layer for wildlife and tolerate shade, such as an American hornbeam or a flowering dogwood.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
The Jefferson Memorial Forest is a 6,600-acre sylvan landscape known for its steep hills and hardwood canopy of beech, maple and oak trees, its understory dotted with flowering dogwood and redbud trees.
—James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2024
The flowering dogwood trees are unique in that the blooms are so dense that the trees appear to be laden with a heavy coat of pink and white flowers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of flowering dogwood was
in 1843
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“Flowering dogwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flowering%20dogwood. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Medical Definition
flowering dogwood
noun
flow·er·ing dogwood
ˈflau̇(-ə)r-iŋ-
: a common spring-flowering white-bracted dogwood of the genus Cornus (C. florida) the dried bark of whose root has been used as a mild astringent and stomachic
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