shittimwood

noun

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

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

   Synonym:    southern buckthornshittimmock orangeBumelia lycioides

3. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

   Synonym:    false buckthornchittamwoodchittimwoodblack hawBumelia lanuginosa