chittamwood

Definitions of chittamwood

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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