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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 autumn
2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Familiarity information: MOOSEWOOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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