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noun

chittamwood n.

A shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast (Rhamnus purshianus or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Synonyms: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus.

A deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.

Synonyms: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa.

A shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus) having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke; called also American smoke tree.

Synonyms: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus.

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Etymology of 'Chittamwood'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Chittamwood" : smoke tree, Cotinus americanus, shittimwood, black haw, Cotinus obovatus, cascara sagrada, bearwood, cascara, cascara buckthorn, American smokewood, bearberry, chittem bark, smoke bush, chittimwood, Bumelia lanuginosa, false buckthorn, Rhamnus purshianus, chittam bark, buckthorn