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Leatherwood

Leatherwood Meaning & Definition
Leatherwood Definition And Meaning

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

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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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