# dogwood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɒɡwʊd/ · frequency rank #49,298

## Definitions
1. Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.
2. The wood of such trees and shrubs.
3. A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

## Etymology
From dag + wood, from dag (“a sharp object”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddogwood`, `dgowood`, `doggwood`, `dogowod`, `dogwod`, `dogwodo`, `dogwoodd`, `dogwwood`, `dowgood`, `odgwood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dogwood