dirca (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Dirca*:
NOUN	plant	Dirca, genus Dirca	deciduous shrub of North America

English > *Dirca*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood.
Synonym	genus Dirca
Member of	Thymelaeaceae, family Thymelaeaceae, daphne family	family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough / tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa
Members	leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris	deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough / tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
Broader	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanish	dirca, género dirca, genus dirca
Catalan	dirca, genus dirca

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