leatherwood

English definition

noun

1. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. 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.

   Source: Webster 1913