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WICOPY
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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wicopy
(US, Canada) Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).
Source: Wiktionary
Wic"o*py, n. (Bot.)
Definition: See Leatherwood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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