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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2 April 2025

COVERT

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