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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia;
[syn: shittah, shittah tree]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shittah \Shit"tah\, Shittah tree \Shit"tah tree`\, n. [Heb. shitt[=a]h, pl. shitt[imac]m.] A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color. [1913 Webster] Shittim
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shittah tree n 1: source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia [syn: shittah, shittah tree]