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SHITTIMWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shittimwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("shittimwood" is a substance of...):
shittah; shittah tree (source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
Synonyms:
Bumelia lycioides; mock orange; shittim; shittimwood; southern buckthorn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shittimwood" is a kind of...):
buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
black haw; Bumelia lanuginosa; chittamwood; chittimwood; false buckthorn; shittimwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shittimwood" is a kind of...):
buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)