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Chittamwood   Listen
noun
chittamwood  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico.
Synonyms: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa.
3.
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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Words linked to "Chittamwood" :   chittimwood, cascara, chittem bark, bearwood, Rhamnus purshianus, cascara buckthorn, false buckthorn, smoke tree, Cotinus obovatus, Cotinus americanus


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