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ALL meanings of leatherwood

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  • noun leatherwood an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark. 1
  • noun leatherwood A North American shrub with yellow flowers and very short leafstalks. Its tough, pliant bark was formerly used by American Indians for making baskets, fishing lines, and bowstrings. 1
  • noun leatherwood a North American thymelaeaceous shrub, Dirca palustris, with pale yellow flowers and tough flexible branches 0
  • noun leatherwood any of various Australian shrubs of the family Cunoniaceae 0
  • noun leatherwood a small North American tree (Dirca palustris) of the mezereum family, with a tough, flexible bark used by the Indians for making rope 0
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