SHITTIMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shittimwood mean? 

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

1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

3. wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle

  Familiarity information: SHITTIMWOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHITTIMWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bumelia lycioides; mock orange; shittim; shittimwood; southern buckthorn

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("shittimwood" is a substance of...):

shittah; shittah tree (source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia)