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 Dog·wood n.  Bot. The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.
 Note: ☞ There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms.
 Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood.
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 Jamaica dogwood
      n : small tree of West Indies and Florida having large
          odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to
          white flowers followed by decorative curly winged
          seedpods; yields fish poisons [syn: fish fuddle, Piscidia
          piscipula, Piscidia erythrina]