Definitions of leatherwood:

• noun:   deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
• noun:   shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #5659)