shittah tree

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shittah tree has 1 sense

shittah tree(n = noun.plant) shittah - source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia; Array

is a member of genus acacia

is a kind of acacia

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CIDE DICTIONARY

shittah tree, n. [Heb. shittāh, pl. shittīm.].

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]