See also:DOGWOOD (i.e. See also:wood of the See also:dog-See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree; referred by the New See also:English See also:Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " See also:dagger," and by See also:Prior with A.S. dolt, a See also:brooch-See also:pin)
, the name applied to See also:plants of the genus See also:Cornus, of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Cornaceae
.
The See also:common See also:dogwood, prick-See also:wood, skewer-wood, cornel or dogberry, C. sanguinea, is a See also:shrub reaching a height of 8 or 9 ft., common in hedges, thickets and plantations in See also:Great See also:Britain
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Its branches are dark red; the leaves See also:egg-shaped, pointed, about 2 in. See also:long by Ia broad, and turning red in autumn; the See also:flowers are dull See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, in terminal clusters
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The berries are small, of a See also:black-See also:purple, See also:bitter and one-seeded, and contain a considerable percentage of oil, which in some places is employed for lamps, and in the manufacture of See also:soap
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The wood is white and very hard, and like that of other See also:species of the genus is used for making See also:ladder-spokes, See also:wheel-See also:work, skewers, forks and other implements, and See also:gunpowder See also:charcoal
.
The red berries of the See also:dwarf species, C. suecica, of the Scottish See also:Highlands, are eaten, and are reputed to be tonic in properties
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C. mas, the Cornelian See also:cherry, a native of See also:Europe and See also:Northern See also:Asia, bears a pulpy and edible See also:fruit, which when unripe contains much See also:tannin
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It is a See also:good See also:garden plant, as is also the See also:North See also:American speciesC.See also:florida, one of the commonest trees of the See also:deciduous forests of the See also:middle and See also:southern states
.
See also:Professor C
.
S
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See also:Sargent (See also:Silva' _of North See also:America) describes it as " one of the most beautiful of the small trees of the American forests, which it enlivens in See also:early See also:spring with the whiteness of its floral leaves and in autumn with the splendour of its foliage and the brilliancy of its fruit
.
No See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree is more desirable in the garden or See also:park in regions where the summer's See also:sun is sufficiently hot to ensure the See also:production of its flowers through the perfect development of the branchlets." The See also:Jamaica dogwood, the See also:root-bark of which is poisonous, is the species Piscidia Erythrina, of the natural order See also:Leguminosae
.
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