shittimwood

shittimwood
noun
1. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn
2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn
3. wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
Hypernyms: ↑wood
Substance Holonyms: ↑shittah, ↑shittah tree

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\\ˈshid.ə̇mˌ ̷ ̷, -itə̇-\ noun also shittim (-s)
Etymology: shittimwood from Hebrew shiṭṭīm (plural of shiṭṭāh) + English wood; shittim from Hebrew shiṭṭīm
1. : the wood of the shittah tree
3.
b. : the hard heavy dense wood of buckthorn which is used to a limited extent for turning and for inlay
4.

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