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MOOSEWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moosewood mean? 

MOOSEWOOD (noun)
  The noun MOOSEWOOD has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: MOOSEWOOD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOOSEWOOD (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 ("moosewood" 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 ("moosewood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("moosewood" is a member of...):

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


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