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Definition of Moosewood

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

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

Definition of Moosewood

1. n. The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).

Definition of Moosewood

1. Noun. Striped maple (''Acer pensylvanicum'') ¹

2. Noun. Hobblebush, ''Viburnum lantanoides''. ¹

3. Noun. Letherwood (genus ''Dirca'' or specifically ''Dirca palustris'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moosewood

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Medical Definition of Moosewood

1. An alternative term for leatherwood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moosewood

moose moose-wood moose knuckles moose maple moose milk moose test moosebird moosebirds mooseburger mooseburgers

mooses mooseskin mooseskins moosewood (current term) moosewoods moosey mooseyness moot court moot courts moot point

moot points mootable mootah mooted mooter mooters mootest

Literary usage of Moosewood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"moosewood maples. The moosewood maple occurs in Minnesota as a small and bushy ... The name "moosewood" is applied from the habit which the moose have of ..."

2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"moosewood maple. Britton and Brown. branchlets, while the staminate flowers are on the sides, and lower down. The wood is strong and tough, more valuable ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"moosewood FIBRE.— At a recent meeting of the California Academy of Sciences, Dr. A. Kellogg presented specimens of the bark of a shrub Dirca ..."

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