Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

leatherwood
     n 1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West
          Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of
          white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: {cyrilla},
           {white titi}, {Cyrilla racemiflora}]
     2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough
        flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow
        flowers [syn: {moosewood}, {moose-wood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark},
         {Dirca palustris}]