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shittimwood

DEFINITIONS OF: shittimwood

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n wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle

Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

n deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

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

n shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

Synonyms:
Bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, southern buckthorn
Type of:
buckthorn
any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
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