Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chittimwood
2 senses of chittimwood
Sense 1
cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus -- (shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada)
=> buckthorn -- (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)
Sense 2
false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa -- (deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico)
=> buckthorn -- (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)