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Definitions

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.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

moosewoodropebarkwicopycyrillacyrillacyrilla racemiflora

Etymology

From leather + wood.

Related phrases

eastern leatherwoodnew zealand

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.