moosewood
Striped mapleStriped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
(uncountable, usually)Hobblebush, Viburnum lantanoides.
(uncountable, usually)Leatherwood (genus Dirca or specifically Dirca palustris)
More definitions
- maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
- deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Origin
From moose + wood.From moose + wood.
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Forms
plural: moosewoods| Singular | moosewood |
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uncountable
Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn:moose-woodstriped maplestriped dogwoodgoosefoot mapleAcer pennsylvanicum
- deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers:leatherwoodmoose-woodwicopyropebarkDirca palustris
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable