Lexic.us

Definition of Leatherleaf

1. Noun. Stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib.

2. Noun. North temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers.

Definition of Leatherleaf

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of leather leaf) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leatherleaf

1. [n -LEAVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leatherleaf

leathered leatherette leatherettes leatherfish leathergoods leatherhead leatherheads leatherier leatheriest leatheriness

leathering leatherings leatherjack leatherjacket leatherjackets leatherleaf (current term) leatherleaf fern leatherleaf saxifrage leatherleaf wood fern leatherleafs

leatherleaves leatherless leatherlike leathermaker leathermakers leathermaking leathermen leathern leatherneck

Literary usage of Leatherleaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"leatherleaf ash has no field name. The one suggested here Is derived from the diameter of its leaves, to which the technical name refers. ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"... 55 Indian plume, 89 Indian tobacco, 102 Indigo, 58, 59 Jacob's-ladder, 97 Jacquinot, 43 Japan, 64 Laurel-tree, 48 leatherleaf grape, 75 Lilies, corn, ..."

3. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Laurel, Sheep, 347. Laurel, Southern Sheep, 348. Laurel, Swamp, 348. Lead Plant, 273. leatherleaf, 354. Leatherwood, 288, 328. Ledum groenlandicum, 340. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"On the somewhat drier knolls, there is a thick tufted carpet of leatherleaf, blueberries, sheep laurel, and mountain cranberry, and in places very likely a ..."

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