leatherwood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: leatherwood	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for leatherwood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leatherwood n shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage Synonym(s): cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers Synonym(s): leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leatherwood \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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leatherwood, KY Zip code(s): 41756