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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit;
[syn: southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shittim \Shit"tim\, Shittim wood \Shit"tim wood`\, n. The wood of the shittah tree. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shittim n 1: shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn: southern buckthorn, shittimwood, shittim, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Shittim acacias, also called "Abel-shittim" (Num. 33:49), a plain or valley in the land of Moab where the Israelites were encamped after their two victories over Sihon and Og, at the close of their desert wanderings, and from which Joshua sent forth two spies (q.v.) "secretly" to "view" the land and Jericho (Josh. 2:1).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Shittim, thorns