Noun: leatherwood 'le-dhu(r),wûd
- 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
- 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
Part of: Dirca, genus Cyrilla, genus Dirca
Encyclopedia: Leatherwood, Kentucky