1. Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
   "The shittimwood provided shade in the Texas landscape";
   - false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa
    
2. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
   "The shittimwood's white flowers attracted numerous pollinators";
   - southern buckthorn, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides
    
3. Wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle
   "According to biblical accounts, shittimwood was prized for its durability"

Derived forms: shittimwoods

Type of: buckthorn, wood

Part of: shittah, shittah tree

Encyclopedia: Shittimwood