chittamwood
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn, bearberry,
bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus]
2: deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
[syn: false buckthorn, 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, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus]