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LEATHERWOOD

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• LEATHERWOOD (noun)
The noun LEATHERWOOD has 2 senses:

1. 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. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

Familiarity information: LEATHERWOOD used as a noun is rare.

• LEATHERWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cyrilla; Cyrilla racemiflora; leatherwood; white titi

Hypernyms ("leatherwood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("leatherwood" is a member of...):

genus Cyrilla (one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dirca palustris; wicopy; ropebark; moosewood; moose-wood; leatherwood

Hypernyms ("leatherwood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("leatherwood" is a member of...):

Dirca; genus Dirca (deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood)

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