deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

[ Syn: false buckthorn , chittamwood , chittimwood , black haw , bumelia lanuginosa ]

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

[ Syn: southern buckthorn , shittim , mock orange , bumelia lycioides ]

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