About The Word Leatherwood
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Leatherwood
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What's The Definition Of Leatherwood?
[n] deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
[n] shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage Synonyms | Synonyms for Leatherwood: cyrilla | Cyrilla racemiflora | Dirca palustris | moosewood | ropebark | white titi | wicopy Related Terms | Find terms related to Leatherwood: See Also | bush | Dirca | genus Cyrilla | genus Dirca | shrub Leatherwood In Webster's Dictionary \Leath"er*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A small branching shrub ({Dirca palustris}), with a white,
soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods
in the Northern United States; -- called also {moosewood},
and {wicopy}. --Gray.
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