DIRCA PALUSTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dirca palustris mean? 

• DIRCA PALUSTRIS (noun)
  The noun DIRCA PALUSTRIS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DIRCA PALUSTRIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRCA PALUSTRIS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dirca palustris; leatherwood; moose-wood; moosewood; ropebark; wicopy

Hypernyms ("Dirca palustris" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Dirca palustris" is a member of...):

Dirca; genus Dirca (deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood)