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BLOOD-TWIG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blood-twig mean?
• BLOOD-TWIG (noun)
The noun BLOOD-TWIG has 1 sense:
1. European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
Familiarity information: BLOOD-TWIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blood-twig; common European dogwood; Cornus sanguinea; pedwood; red dogwood
Hypernyms ("blood-twig" is a kind of...):
cornel; dogwood; dogwood tree (a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers)
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