LEATHERWOOD
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
Etymology
Noun
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
Synonyms
• (Dirca): moosewood, wicopy, ropebark
• (Olearia): tÅ«pare
Proper noun
Leatherwood (plural Leatherwoods)
A surname.
Statistics
• 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
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