Definition of Leather flower. Meaning of Leather flower. Synonyms of Leather flower

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Definition of Leather flower

Leather flower
Leather Leath"er, n. [OE. lether, AS. le?er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le?r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback. Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.

Meaning of Leather flower from wikipedia

- viticella; old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads; leather flower for those with fleshy petals; or vase vine for the North American Clematis...
- Clematis texensis, commonly called scarlet leather flower, is a climbing vine in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to the United States...
- Clematis crispa is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name swamp leatherflower. It is found in southeastern United...
- Clematis viticella, the Italian leather flower, purple clematis, or virgin's bower, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae...
- species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known as Fremont's leather flower. It is endemic to the United States where it is known from several disjunct...
- Ranunculaceae, known by the common names curlyheads and erect silky leather-flower. It is native to North America with a distribution on the east coast...
- where it is found on limestone outcrops, in thickets, and dry woods. It flowers in the summer. It is distinguished from similar-looking species by its...
- plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Morefield's leather flower and Huntsville vasevine. It is endemic to northern Alabama and southern...
- Clematis reticulata, commonly known as the netleaf leather flower, is a species of flowering plant. Synonymous species names are Coriflora reticulata,...
- Machine Center for Plant Conservation. Clematis viticaulis. Flora of North America. USDA Plants Profile for Clematis viticaulis (Millboro leather flower)...