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.
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Dirca palustris
n : deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
flowers [syn: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy,
ropebark]