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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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Words linked to "Chittamwood" : cascara sagrada, Rhamnus purshianus, black haw, bearberry, smoke tree, smoke bush, Bumelia lanuginosa, Cotinus americanus, buckthorn, bearwood, chittimwood, cascara, American smokewood, false buckthorn, shittimwood, Cotinus obovatus, chittem bark, chittam bark, cascara buckthorn