ROPEBARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ropebark mean? 

• ROPEBARK (noun)
  The noun ROPEBARK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ROPEBARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROPEBARK (noun)

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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 ("ropebark" is a kind of...):

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

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

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