shittimwood

Definitions of shittimwood

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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