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chittamwood

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: chittamwood

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n
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
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n
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
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deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: chittamwood
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n shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

Synonyms:
American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus
Type of:
smoke bush, smoke tree
any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
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n shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

Synonyms:
Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittimwood
Type of:
buckthorn
a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
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n deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

Synonyms:
Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittimwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood
Type of:
buckthorn
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
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