SHITTIM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shittim mean? 

• SHITTIM (noun)
  The noun SHITTIM has 1 sense:

1. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

  Familiarity information: SHITTIM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHITTIM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bumelia lycioides; mock orange; shittim; shittimwood; southern buckthorn

Hypernyms ("shittim" is a kind of...):

buckthorn (any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia)