CHITTAMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chittamwood mean? 

• CHITTAMWOOD (noun)
  The noun CHITTAMWOOD has 3 senses:

1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

2. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

3. shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

  Familiarity information: CHITTAMWOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHITTAMWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bearberry; bearwood; cascara buckthorn; chittamwood; chittimwood; Rhamnus purshianus

Hypernyms ("chittamwood" is a kind of...):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

Meronyms (parts of "chittamwood"):

cascara; cascara sagrada; chittam bark; chittem bark (dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black haw; Bumelia lanuginosa; chittamwood; chittimwood; false buckthorn; shittimwood

Hypernyms ("chittamwood" is a kind of...):

buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American smokewood; chittamwood; Cotinus americanus; Cotinus obovatus

Hypernyms ("chittamwood" is a kind of...):

smoke bush; smoke tree (any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus)