Chittamwood - Definition
chittamwood
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn,
bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood,
Rhamnus purshianus]
2: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico [syn:
false buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood,
shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa]
3: shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of
feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn: American
smokewood, chittamwood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus
obovatus]