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wicopy

wicopy noun: any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).

Noun

wicopy

  1. (Canada, US) Any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).

Forms of wicopy

alternative formwickape
alternative formwickopy

Origin of wicopy

From an Algonquian term for "stringy bark"; compare Abenaki wigebi (“stringy inner bark (used as cordage)”), Ojibwe wiigob (“inner bark of a basswood”).

Questions about wicopy

What does wicopy mean?
Wicopy means any of several trees, such as the leatherwood/moosewood (of the genus Dirca), the whitewood, or the American basswood/linden (of the genus Tilia).
What part of speech is wicopy?
Wicopy is a noun.

Words near wicopy in the dictionary

  1. wicky
  2. wicky-wack
  3. wickyup
  4. wickyups
  5. Wicomico County
  6. wicopy
  7. wid
  8. Widal test
  9. Widal tests
  10. Widbin
  11. Widbins

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