leatherwood

leath·er·wood

L0093500 (lĕth′ər-wo͝od′)n.1. A deciduous shrub (Dirca palustris) of eastern North America, having tough flexible branches, pliable bark, and small yellow flowers. Also called moosewood, wicopy.2. See titi¹.

leatherwood

(ˈlɛðəˌwʊd) n1. (Plants) Also called: wicopy a North American thymelaeaceous shrub, Dirca palustris, with pale yellow flowers and tough flexible branches2. (Plants) any of various Australian shrubs of the family Cunoniaceae

leath•er•wood

(ˈlɛð ərˌwʊd)

n. an American shrub, Dirca palustris, with flexible, leathery bark. [1735–45, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	leatherwood - 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 foliagecyrilla, Cyrilla racemiflora, white titigenus Cyrilla - one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruitbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	leatherwood - deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowersDirca palustris, ropebark, wicopy, moosewood, moose-woodDirca, genus Dirca - deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwoodbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems