noun
Meaning 1
Wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shittimwood
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noun
Meaning 2
wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
noun
Meaning 3
shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southern buckthorn, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: buckthorn
noun
Meaning 4
deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: buckthorn
History
Etymology
From shittim (plural of "shittah") + wood.