shittimwood

Noun
  1. Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico (synset 112793902)
    is a type of: buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
    same as: black haw, bumelia lanuginosa, chittamwood, chittimwood, false buckthorn
  2. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit (synset 112793668)
    is a type of: buckthorn - any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
    same as: bumelia lycioides, mock orange, shittim, southern buckthorn
  3. Wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle (synset 111776991)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: shittah, shittah tree - source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia

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