Shittimwood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval). uncountable

    "¶ And they shall make an Arke of Shittim wood: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof, and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof."

  2. 2
    wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle wordnet
  3. 3
    shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit wordnet
  4. 4
    deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico wordnet

Synonyms

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black hawbumelia lanuginosabumelia lycioideschittamwoodchittimchittimwood

Example

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"¶ And they shall make an Arke of Shittim wood: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof, and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof."

Etymology

From shittim (plural of "shittah") + wood.

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