/wik"euh pee/ , n. , pl. wicopies .
1. the leatherwood, Dirca palustris.
2. basswood.
[ 1695-1705; wìgabi inner bark suitable for cordage (or a c. of this, e.g., Eastern Abenaki wìkapi basswood inner bark, Munsee Delaware wí·kpay, Ojibwa wi·kop, all
wi·kwepyi; prob. reborrowed or reinforced from more than one Algonquian language) ]