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单词 moosewood
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moosewoodn.

Brit. /ˈmuːswʊd/, U.S. /ˈmusˌwʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moose n.2, wood n.1
Etymology: < moose n.2 + wood n.1
North American.
Any of various North American shrubs and trees popularly associated with moose; spec. (a) the leatherwood, Dirca palustris; (b) the striped maple, Acer pensylvanicum; (c) the hobblebush, Viburnum lantanoides.
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rock maple1774
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1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 507 The Moose Wood grows about four feet high, and is very full of branches.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 163 He [sc. the Moose] feeds on..a species of the maple, which is called moose-wood.
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 395 Dirca, L. Leatherwood. Moose-wood.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 284 I stirred the soup by accident with a striped maple or moose-wood stick.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 116 His poultices will be the bark of the moose wood boiled till it is soft.
1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 5 97 Viburnum lantanoides, Moosewood.
1942 C. J. Hylander World of Plant Life 402 Leatherwood (Dirca), also known as Moosewood; this is a deciduous shrub of damp woods from New England to Louisiana.
1969 T. H. Everett Living Trees of World 222/2 Conspicuous in winter because of its white-striped bark, the moosewood (A. pennsylvanicum) inhabits open woods throughout eastern North America.
1993 Independent on Sunday 10 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 99/1 Another group grown chiefly for their bark are the snakebark maples—moosewood is among the best.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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