shittimwood
1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico • Syn: false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa • Hypernyms: buckthorn 2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit • Syn: southern buckthorn, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides • Hypernyms: buckthorn 3. wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle • Hypernyms: wood • Substance Holonyms: shittah, shittah tree
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