leatherwood meaning

UK US /ˈlɛðɚwʊd/ 3 syllables

leatherwood (noun): shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage.

leatherwood has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

leatherwood as a noun

  1. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

    Synonyms: cyrilla, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora

    Type of: shrub

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

    Synonyms: moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris

    Type of: shrub

How to pronounce leatherwood

leatherwood is pronounced /ˈlɛðɚwʊd/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with LE · words ending in OD · 11-letter words

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