Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silky_dogwood

2 senses of silky dogwood

Sense 1
silky cornel, silky dogwood, Cornus amomum -- (shrub of eastern North America having purplish stems and blue fruit)
       => dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel -- (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)

Sense 2
silky dogwood, Cornus obliqua -- (shrub of eastern North America closely resembling silky cornel)
       => dogwood, dogwood tree, cornel -- (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)