Dirca palustris

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Dirca palustris
    n 1: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
         flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
         [syn: {leatherwood}, {moosewood}, {moose-wood}, {wicopy},
         {ropebark}, {Dirca palustris}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

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