moose-wood n 1: maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large 2-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn [syn: {moosewood}, {striped maple}, {striped dogwood}, {goosefoot maple}, {Acer pennsylvanicum}] 2: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers [syn: {leatherwood}, {moosewood}, {wicopy}, {ropebark}, {Dirca palustris}]