leatherwood

leath·er·wood  (lr-wd)

n.

1. A deciduous shrub (Dirca palustris) of eastern North America, having tough flexible branches, pliable bark, and small yellow flowers. Also called moosewood, wicopy.

2. See titi¹.

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leatherwood [ˈlɛðəˌwʊd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called wicopy a North American thymelaeaceous shrub, Dirca palustris, with pale yellow flowers and tough flexible branches

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various Australian shrubs of the family Cunoniaceae

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	leatherwood - 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 cyrilla, Cyrilla racemiflora, white titi genus Cyrilla - one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	leatherwood - deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers Dirca palustris, ropebark, wicopy, moose-wood, moosewood Dirca, genus Dirca - deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems