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moosewood

American  
[moos-wood] / ˈmusˌwʊd /

Etymology

Origin of moosewood

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; moose + wood 1

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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

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

Think how my eyes flashed, and my wife's, as, struggling though a wilderness of moosewood, we came out one afternoon on this front of yellow clay!

From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale

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

Addison, who had the axe, ran down the bank and with a few strokes cut a moosewood sapling, which we thrust out to Tom.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

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