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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" : Rhamnus purshianus, black haw, false buckthorn, American smokewood, smoke tree, shittimwood, cascara buckthorn, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittem bark, chittimwood, chittam bark