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Moose-wood

noun

Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn. Synonyms: Acer pennsylvanicum, goosefoot maple, moosewood, striped dogwood, striped maple.

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers. Synonyms: Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy.

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"Moose-wood" Quotes from Famous Books

... the winter too, so far as I can make out, they eat the twigs and bark of different trees, such as white birches and poplars. They're powerful fond of moose-wood—that's what you call mountain ash. I guess it tastes to them like pie does ...

— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook

Words linked to "Moose-wood" : maple, bush, shrub, Dirca, genus Dirca