chittimwood

Definitions of chittimwood
  1. noun
    shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
    synonyms: Rhamnus purshianus, bearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood
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    type of:
    buckthorn
    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
  2. noun
    deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
    synonyms: Bumelia lanuginosa, black haw, chittamwood, false buckthorn, shittimwood
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    type of:
    buckthorn
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
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