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Definition of Leatherwood

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.

Definition of Leatherwood

1. n. 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.

Definition of Leatherwood

1. Noun. A deciduous shrub, of the genus ''Dirca'', that has leathery bark ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leatherwood

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Medical Definition of Leatherwood

1. 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. Synonym: moosewood, and wicopy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leatherwood

leathermaker leathermakers leathermaking leathermen leathern leatherneck leathernecks leathers leatherware leatherwares

leatherwear leatherwomen leatherwood (current term) leatherwoods leatherwork leatherworker leatherworkers leatherworking leatherworks leathery

leathery grape fern leathery jacket leathery jackets leathery polypody leathery turtle leats leatwright

Literary usage of Leatherwood

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

1. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery by Daniel Drake, Lundsford Pitts Yandell (1846)
"By Dr. MH FEE, of leatherwood, Indiana. On the 13th of last September, I was hastily summoned to visit CM, daughter of CAB, aet. 10 years. ..."

2. Negligence: Rules--decisions--opinions by Edward Beers Thomas (1904)
"App.) 66 SW Kep. 474. Agreement to carry beyond its own line renders carrier liable for injury on connecting linos. Gulf &c. R. Co. v. leatherwood, (Tex. ..."

3. Ohio Valley Historical Series by Josiah Espy, Williams, Samuel, 1786-1859, Samuel Williams, Espy, Josiah Murdoch, 1771-1847, Richard Henry Taneyhill, Taneyhill, Richard Henry, 1822-1898 (1871)
"The leatherwood God. RELIGIOUS impostors have flourished in almost every portion of the historic period. Nor is this remarkable, when we reflect that man, ..."

4. Flora of Worcester County by Joseph Jackson (1894)
"Common. LINDERA, Thunb. Wild Allspice. Benzoin, Blume. Spice-bush. Common. DIRCA, L. leatherwood. palustris, L. Damp woods, common. DAPHNE, Linn. Mezereum. ..."

5. ... [Reports] by Kentucky Geological Survey (1918)
"THE COALS OF MACIES AND leatherwood CREEKS AND NORTH FORK BETWEEN MACIES AND leatherwood CREEKS. The area covered by this report includes the drainage ..."

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