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noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smoke tree, smoke bush
noun
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: buckthorn
noun
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: buckthorn
History
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