dogwood n Mountain ash (Pyrus americana); DOGBERRY. Also attrib.
    [1819] 1978 Beothuk Vocabularies 41 Dogwood—emoethook. 1929 Nat Geog July, p. 124 In Newfoundland we had mountain ash, and from the young saplings we cut the bats or clubs. We call them dogwood bats. 1937 DEVINE 77 Dogwood Tree: It was quite common practice to pass a child through limbs of a dogberry tree to secure its future good health. 1971 CASEY 99 The form of a belief about what is known locally as 'the dogwood tree'. . varies from individual to individual.

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