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CHITTIMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chittimwood mean? 

CHITTIMWOOD (noun)
  The noun CHITTIMWOOD has 2 senses:

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

2. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: CHITTIMWOOD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHITTIMWOOD (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 ("chittimwood" 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 "chittimwood"):

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 ("chittimwood" is a kind of...):

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


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