moosewood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
    Acer pennsylvanicum; moose-wood; striped dogwood; goosefoot maple; striped maple.
  2. noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
    moose-wood; ropebark; leatherwood; Dirca palustris; wicopy.

WordNet


Moose"wood` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum). (b) Leatherwood.

Webster 1913