Source : WordNet®

shittimwood
     n 1: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
          [syn: {false buckthorn}, {chittamwood}, {chittimwood}, {black
          haw}, {Bumelia lanuginosa}]
     2: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
        with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
        {southern buckthorn}, {shittim}, {mock orange}, {Bumelia
        lycioides}]
     3: wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew
        tabernacle