Shittimwood

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shittimwood
       n 1: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
            [syn: {false buckthorn}, {chittamwood}, {chittimwood}, {black
            haw}, {Bumelia lanuginosa}]
       2: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
          with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:


          {southern buckthorn}, {shittim}, {mock orange}, {Bumelia
          lycioides}]
       3: wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew
          tabernacle