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Definition of Chittimwood

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chittimwood

chitosome chitotriosidase chits chittam bark chittamwood chitted chittem bark chitter chittered chittering

chitterlings chitters chittier chitties chittiest chittimwood (current term) chitting chitty chitupa chitupas

chiv chivachie chivachies chivalric chivalries chivalrous chivalrously chivalrousness

Literary usage of Chittimwood

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

1. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1905)
"... (locally chittimwood) Bumelia lanuginosa. These lists do not include all of the best timber trees that might be grown in the Middle West, ..."

2. The Resources, Soil, and Climate of Texas by A. W. Spaight (1882)
"... and studded with a heavy growth of timber, consisting of oaks of the several kinds, ash, pecan, elm, hackberry, chittimwood, and cottonwood. ..."

3. The Curiosity Shop: Or, Questions and Answers Concerning the Lumber Business (1906)
"... What is 104 Beech 117 — Qualities of 110 — for paving purposes 112 Cedar, Southern red 113 chittimwood 115 Cocobola 108 Cottonwood as siding '. ..."

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