chittimwood (n.)

  1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

    [ Syn: cascara buckthorn , bearberry , bearwood , chittamwood , rhamnus purshianus ]

  2. deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

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

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