leatherwood
1. [ noun ] (botany) 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
Synonyms: white_titi Cyrilla_racemiflora cyrilla
Related terms: shrub genus_Cyrilla
2. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5659
3. [ noun ] (botany) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Synonyms: wicopy ropebark Dirca_palustris moose-wood moosewood
Related terms: shrub Dirca
Similar spelling:   leathered
  Leatherette