dogwood vs eastern flowering dogwood

eastern flowering dogwood vs dogwood

dogwood and eastern flowering dogwood both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dogwood	Yes	No	No	No
eastern flowering dogwood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eastern flowering dogwood is a hyponym of dogwood; that is, eastern flowering dogwood is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dogwood:

dogwood: a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
eastern flowering dogwood: deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries

Other hyponyms of dogwood include common white dogwood, Cornus florida, American dogwood, Cornus stolonifera, red dogwood, red osier, red osier dogwood, redbrush, Cornus obliqua, silky dogwood, Cornus amomum, silky cornel, silky dogwood, blood-twig, common European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, pedwood, red dogwood, bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, crackerberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, cornelian cherry, Cornus mas.

dogwood (noun)	eastern flowering dogwood (noun)
a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers	deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood

Difference between dogwood and eastern flowering dogwood

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