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SILKY DOGWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel

Synonyms:

Cornus obliqua; silky dogwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silky dogwood" is a kind of...):

cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit

Synonyms:

Cornus amomum; silky cornel; silky dogwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silky dogwood" is a kind of...):

cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)

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