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noun
A tree said in the Bible to have furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been red acacia, of species Vachellia seyal (formerly Acacia seyal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Wood of this tree.
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noun
source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shittah tree
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Broader terms: acacia
History
Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁטָּה (shitá), usually expressed in its plural form שִׁטִּים (shitím).
Across languages
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