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
   "The leatherwood's autumn foliage was a spectacular sight";
   - cyrilla, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora
    
2. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
   "Native Americans used leatherwood bark to make cordage";
   - moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris

Derived forms: leatherwoods

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: Dirca, genus Cyrilla, genus Dirca

Encyclopedia: Leatherwood, Kentucky