'Leatherwood' definitions:
Definition of 'leatherwood'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora]
noun
Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers [syn: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris]
Definition of 'Leatherwood'
From: GCIDE
- Leatherwood \Leath"er*wood`\, n. (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. [1913 Webster]