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Leatherwood

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Dirca of deciduous shrubs of North America, that have leathery bark.
  2. 2
    deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    A subalpine shrub or small tree found only in New Zealand, Olearia colensoi.
  4. 4
    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 wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of genus Cyrilla of trees and shrubs of the Americas.

Etymology

From leather + wood.

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