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English Dictionary: moosewood	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for moosewood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moosewood n maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn Synonym(s): moosewood, moose-wood, striped maple, striped dogwood, goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum 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]:
Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species. {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A. rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A. campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}. Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc. {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum). (b) Leatherwood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Striped \Striped\, a. Having stripes of different colors; streaked. {Striped bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bass}. {Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also {striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}. {Striped mullet}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2. {Striped snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake. {Striped squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chipmunk.