leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris
(noun) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
leatherwood (plural leatherwoods)
A deciduous shrub, of the genus Dirca, that has leathery bark
A subalpine shrub or small tree found only in New Zealand, Olearia colensoi
• (Dirca): moosewood, wicopy, ropebark
• (Olearia): tÅ«pare
Leatherwood (plural Leatherwoods)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leatherwood is the 7488th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4449 individuals. Leatherwood is most common among White (76.76%) and Black/African American (17.78%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Leath"er*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
