moosewood
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Origin of moosewood
Example Sentences
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With this I burnt a hole in the end of each board and fastened them to the front brace with withes of moosewood.
From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
They used to call it Moosewood Hill because of the abundance of moosewood around the foot of it.
From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
In April and May they occasionally visit the flowers of moosewood, and later in the season have been observed upon the blossoms of the common milkweed.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
The alders and moosewood are higher than your head; on every tiny knoll the fir balsams have gained a footing, and creep down, impenetrable, to the edge of the water.
From Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry
Putting my finger on it, with a little hesitation, I found that it was a piece of dead moosewood which the Indian had cut off in a slanting direction the evening before.
From Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
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