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Webster 1913 Edition


Leatherwood

Leath′er-woodˊ

,
Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


leatherwood

leatherwood

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leatherwood (plural leatherwoods)

  1. A deciduous shrub, of the genus Dirca, that has leathery bark
  2. A subalpine shrub or small tree found only in New Zealand, Olearia colensoi

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