[syn: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leatherwood \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. --Gray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species.
Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or swamp
maple is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, Acer
dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped
maple, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore
maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or Maple
sirup, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
(b) Leatherwood.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Striped \Striped\, a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
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Striped bass. (Zool.) See under Bass.
Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer
Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also
striped dogwood, and moosewood.
Striped mullet. (Zool.) See under Mullet, 2.
Striped snake (Zool.), the garter snake.
Striped squirrel (Zool.), the chipmunk.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
moosewood
n 1: maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large
two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: moosewood,
moose-wood, striped maple, striped dogwood,
goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum]
2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
[syn: leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy,
ropebark, Dirca palustris]