Hypernyms for "dogwood"
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American dogwood
blood-twig
bunchberry
common European dogwood
common white dogwood
cornelian cherry
Cornus amomum
Cornus canadensis
Cornus florida
Cornus mas
Cornus obliqua
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus stolonifera
crackerberry
dwarf cornel
eastern flowering dogwood
pedwood
pudding berry
red dogwood
red osier
red osier dogwood
redbrush
silky cornel
silky dogwood
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.