Chittamwood

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  chittamwood \chittamwood\ n.
     1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast ({Rhamnus
        purshianus} or {Rhamnus purshiana}), whose bark is the
        {cascara sagrada}, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
  
     Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood,


          chittimwood, {Rhamnus purshianus}.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
  
     Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw,
          Bumelia lanuginosa.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. ({Cotinus obovatus})
        having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs
        of smoke; -- called also {American smoke tree}.
  
     Syn: American smokewood, {Cotinus americanus}, {Cotinus
          obovatus}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chittamwood
       n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
            yields cascara sagrada [syn: {cascara buckthorn}, {bearberry},
             {bearwood}, {chittimwood}, {Rhamnus purshianus}]
       2: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
          [syn: {false buckthorn}, {chittimwood}, {shittimwood}, {black
          haw}, {Bumelia lanuginosa}]
       3: shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes
          of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn: {American
          smokewood}, {Cotinus americanus}, {Cotinus obovatus}]