[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leatherwood \leath"erwood`\, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
dirca palustris moosewood wicopy 

[2] : 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"opurr; 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.
   1913 webster

   note: maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
         a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
         1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
acer acer saccharinum rock maple sugar maple red maple swamp maple 
acer rubrum silver maple acer dasycarpum striped maple acer pennsylvanium 
moosewood acer campestre sycamore maple acer pseudo-platanus norway maple 
acer platanoides bird's-eye maple curled maple maple honey maple molasses 
maple syrup maple sirup maple sugar 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

moosewood \moose"wood`\, n. bot.
      a the striped maple acer pennsylvanicum.
      b leatherwood.
          1913 webster
see also:
acer pennsylvanicum 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

striped \striped\, a.
   having stripes of different colors; streaked.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
striped bass bass striped maple acer pennsylvanicum striped dogwood moosewood 
striped mullet mullet striped snake striped squirrel 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

moose-wood
     n 1: maple of eastern north america with striped bard and large
          2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn syn: moosewood,
           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, wicopy, ropebark,
         dirca palustris
see also:
moosewood striped maple striped dogwood goosefoot maple acer pennsylvanicum leatherwood 
wicopy ropebark dirca palustris 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

moosewood
     n 1: maple of eastern north america with striped bard and large
          2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn syn: 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, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark,
         dirca palustris
see also:
moose-wood striped maple striped dogwood goosefoot maple acer pennsylvanicum leatherwood 
wicopy ropebark dirca palustris 

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