kousa dogwood
noun
kou·sa dogwood
| \ ˈkü-sə-
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variants:
or Kousa dogwood
or less commonly kousa
or Kousa
plural kousa dogwoods
or Kousa dogwoods
also kousas
or Kousas
Definition of kousa dogwood
: a small, deciduous, Asian tree (Cornus kousa of the family Cornaceae) widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy white floral bracts produced in the late spring or early summer and followed by globular, fleshy, red fruits resembling raspberries
Spring finds kousa dogwood at its most dramatically beautiful. It is then that the large, white blossoms—each up to 4 inches across—unfold in profusion from branches at the top of the tree right down to those near the ground.— Lee Reich, Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times, 1 Oct. 2010 When kousas are young, they have an upright, vase-like shape. But mature trees … develop an even more appealing horizontal layered look. — Christine Arpe Gang, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), 15 Sept. 2006
— called also Chinese dogwood, Japanese dogwood, Korean dogwood
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