Leatherwood

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  leatherwood
       n 1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West
            Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of
            white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: {cyrilla},
             {white titi}, {Cyrilla racemiflora}]
       2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
          flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
          flowers [syn: {moosewood}, {moose-wood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark},
           {Dirca palustris}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Leatherwood, KY
    Zip code(s): 41756