chittamwood

n 1: shrubby tree of United States Pacific coast; 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}]