wicopy

Meaning

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).

Origin

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

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