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Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The striped maple ({Acer Pennsylvanicum}).
(b) Leatherwood.

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.


Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
{Acer saccharinum} is the {rock maple}, or {sugar maple},
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the {red maple} or {swamp
maple} is {Acer rubrum}; the {silver maple}, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, {Acer Pennsylvanium}, called also {moosewood}. The
common maple of Europe is {Acer campestre}, the {sycamore
maple} is {Acer Pseudo-platanus}, and the {Norway maple} is
{Acer platanoides}.

Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.

{Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.

{Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, {Maple syrup}, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.

{Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.


Striped \Striped\, a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.

{Striped bass}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bass}.

{Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
{striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.

{Striped mullet}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.

{Striped snake} (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake.

{Striped squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), the chipmunk.