单词 | pagoda dogwood |
释义 | > as lemmaspagoda dogwood pagoda dogwood n. a small North American dogwood, Cornus alternifolia, with a tiered branch structure. ΚΠ 1927 Amer. Midland Naturalist 10 281 Cornus alternifolia L. f., Pagoda Dogwood, subdunal woods, Keiser to Tremont, not common. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 14/2 To the left of the flowering dogwood trees..we dug the hole for one of our favorites..—the pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia). This charming small tree..deserves to be more widely planted. The limbs rise rank on rank in serried regularity [etc.]. 1989 Encycl. Brit. LX. 60/2 The pagoda dogwood is Cornus alternifolia, a member of the family Cornaceae; it is used in landscaping for its horizontal branching habit. < as lemmas |
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