Moosewood

6 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
     akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
     massholder.] (Bot.)
     A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
     {Acer saccharinum} is the {rock maple}, or {sugar maple},
     from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
     great quantities, by evaporation; the {red maple} or {swamp
     maple} is {Acer rubrum}; the {silver maple}, {Acer
     dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
     maple}, {Acer Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The
     common maple of Europe is {Acer campestre}, the {sycamore
     maple} is {Acer Pseudo-platanus}, and the {Norway maple} is
     {Acer platanoides}.
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     Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
           a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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     {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
        the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
        produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
     {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, {Maple syrup}, or {Maple
     sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
     {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
        by evaporation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
        (a) The striped maple ({Acer Pennsylvanicum}).
        (b) Leatherwood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Striped \Striped\, a.
     Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
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     {Striped bass}. (Zool.) See under {Bass}.
  
     {Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
        Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
        {striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.
  
     {Striped mullet}. (Zool.) See under {Mullet}, 2.
  
     {Striped snake} (Zool.), the garter snake.
  
     {Striped squirrel} (Zool.), the chipmunk.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moose-wood
       n 1: maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large
            2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: {moosewood},
             {striped maple}, {striped dogwood}, {goosefoot maple},
            {Acer pennsylvanicum}]
       2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
          flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
          flowers [syn: {leatherwood}, {moosewood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark},
           {Dirca palustris}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moosewood
       n 1: maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large
            2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: {moose-wood},
             {striped maple}, {striped dogwood}, {goosefoot maple},
            {Acer pennsylvanicum}]
       2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
          flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
          flowers [syn: {leatherwood}, {moose-wood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark},
           {Dirca palustris}]