[さんしゅゆ;サンシュユ, sanshuyu ; sanshuyu] (n) (uk) Asiatic dogwood (Cornus officinalis); Japanese cornel; Japanese cornelian-cherry [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dogwood \Dog"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. [So named from skewers
(dags) being made of it. --Dr. Prior. See {Dag}, and
{Dagger}.] (Bot.)
The {Cornus}, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the
wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many
purposes.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
{Dogwood tree}.
(a) The dogwood or {Cornus}.
(b) A papilionaceous tree ({Piscidia erythrina}) growing in
Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also
{Jamaica dogwood}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dogwood
n 1: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy
bracts resembling flowers [syn: {dogwood}, {dogwood tree},
{cornel}]
2: hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles
boxwood
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