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Dirca

noun

deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood

• Syn: ↑genus Dirca

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Thymelaeaceae, ↑family Thymelaeaceae, ↑daphne family

• Member Meronyms: ↑leatherwood, ↑moosewood, ↑moose-wood, ↑wicopy, ↑ropebark, ↑Dirca palustris

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\\ˈdərkə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Dirce, a fountain near Thebes in Boeotia, from Greek Dirkē

1. capitalized : a genus of shrubs (family Thymelaeaceae) having tough fibrous bark and clusters of yellow flowers — see leatherwood 1a

2. -s : any plant of the genus Dirca

Useful english dictionary. 2012.