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noun
Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, ropebark, Dirca palustris
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From an Algonquian term for "stringy bark"; compare Abenaki wigebi (“stringy inner bark (used as cordage)”), Ojibwe wiigob (“inner bark of a basswood”).
