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Definition of Chittamwood

1. Noun. Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada.

2. Noun. Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico.

3. Noun. Shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chittamwood

chitobiosylpyrophosphoryldolichol synthase chitodextrinase chiton chitons chitooligomer chitooligomers chitooligosaccharide chitooligosaccharides chitosamine chitosan

chitosans chitosome chitotriosidase chits chittam bark chittamwood (current term) chitted chittem bark chitter chittered

chittering chitterlings chitters chittier chitties chittiest chittimwood chitting chitty chitupa

Literary usage of Chittamwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"... the American smoketree or chittamwood (Cut¡mix <-<>t<in>idi'x} in it« isolated localities in north Alabama and southwestern Missouri, ..."

2. Monograph by Geological Survey of Alabama (1913)
"Among them are the cedar, walnut, mulberry, sassafras, cherry, redbud, black locust and chittamwood, and several others show the same character in lesser ..."

3. Bulletin by Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, United States Soil Conservation Service (1905)
"... Cotinus) When tested at this station it has been found not to be hardy enough to withstand our climatic conditions. chittamwood: (Rhus ..."

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