Dirca palustris

Dirca palustris
Leatherwood Leath"er*wood`, n. (Bot.) A small branching shrub ({Dirca palustris}), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also {moosewood}, and {wicopy}. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

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  • Dirca palustris — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Dirca palustris — ID 27769 Symbol Key DIPA9 Common Name eastern leatherwood Family Thymelaeaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Dirca palustris — noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers • Syn: ↑leatherwood, ↑moosewood, ↑moose wood, ↑wicopy, ↑ropebark • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dirca palustris L. — Symbol DIPA9 Common Name eastern leatherwood Botanical Family Thymelaeaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Dirca — palustris Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Dirca — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Dirca Dirca palustris Clasifica …   Wikipedia Español

  • Dirca — noun deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood • Syn: ↑genus Dirca • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Thymelaeaceae, ↑family Thymel …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dirca — Dirca, Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Daphnoideae, 8. Kl. 1. Ordn. L. Art: D. palustris, 3–4 Fuß hoher, ästiger, röhrige, gelblichgrüne Blumen tragender Strauch in Virginien, wo man aus den sehr zähen Zweigen u. Rinden desselben Körbe,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Dirca — L. (Lederholz), Gattung der Thymeläazeen. Von den zwei Arten ist D. palustris L. (Sumpflederholz, Sumpfseidelbast, Mäuseholz) ein meterhoher Strauch mit breit elliptischen, kurzgestielten, kahlen Blättern, unscheinbaren gelblichen Blüten und… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dirca — L., Pflanzengattg. der Thymeläazeen, zwei strauchartige Gewächse Nordamerikas. D. palustris L. liefert Bastfasern zu Tauen, Stricken etc.; Rinde und Beeren giftig …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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