资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Clematis viorna
n : scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large
red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved
sepals [syn: {leather flower}, {vase-fine}, {vase vine}]