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SHITTAH (shittim)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shittah mean? 

SHITTAH (noun)
  The noun SHITTAH has 1 sense:

1. source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acaciaplay

  Familiarity information: SHITTAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHITTAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

shittah; shittah tree

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

acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

Meronyms (substance of "shittah"):

shittimwood (wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle)

Holonyms ("shittah" is a member of...):

genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)


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