how to pronounce dogwood

/ˈdɔːɡˌwʊd/

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dogwood is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dogwood in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… officially dogwood winter it occurs when …”

meanings of dogwood

noun:

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

dogwood frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dogwood occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dogwood can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dogwood can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;