MOOSE-WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moose-wood mean? 

• MOOSE-WOOD (noun)
  The noun MOOSE-WOOD has 2 senses:

1. maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: MOOSE-WOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOOSE-WOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acer pennsylvanicum; goosefoot maple; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; striped maple

Hypernyms ("moose-wood" is a kind of...):

maple (any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dirca palustris; leatherwood; moose-wood; moosewood; ropebark; wicopy

Hypernyms ("moose-wood" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("moose-wood" is a member of...):

Dirca; genus Dirca (deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood)