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Leather leaf

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leath⋅er⋅leaf

[leth-er-leef]
–noun, plural -leaves.
an evergreen shrub, Chamaedaphne calyculata, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and one-sided clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers, occurring in bogs in North America.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; leather + leaf
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leatherleaf

(Chamaedaphne calyculata), evergreen shrub of the heath family (Ericaceae). The name is also sometimes applied to a stiff-leaved fern.

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