English noun: shittimwood | |||
1. | shittimwood (plant) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico | ||
Synonyms | black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buckthorn | ||
2. | shittimwood (plant) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit | ||
Synonyms | Bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, southern buckthorn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buckthorn | ||
3. | shittimwood (plant) wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
Substance meronym | shittah, shittah tree | ||