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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leatherwood
n 1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West
Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of
white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: {cyrilla},
{white titi}, {Cyrilla racemiflora}]
2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
flowers [syn: {moosewood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark}, {Dirca
palustris}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Leatherwood, KY
Zip code(s): 41756
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