Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: shittim
  1. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
    "The shittim's white flowers attracted numerous pollinators";
    - southern buckthorn, shittimwood, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides
Noun: shittah (shittim)
  1. Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia
    "Shittah wood was used in the construction of the Ark of the Covenant"; "shittah tree wood was used in the construction of the Ark of the Covenant";
    - shittah tree

Derived forms: shittims

Type of: acacia, buckthorn

Part of: genus Acacia

Encyclopedia: Shittim

Shittah