shittim

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
noun source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia

And here we had broad-water patches, in and out, inlaid on land, like mother-of-pearl in brown Shittim wood. — Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
4064 This counsel was followed, ðuſ it was don, and bi ðat ſel and thus it fell that Israel sinned in Shittim, In ſichin ſingede iſrael, And for luue of ðiſ hore-plage Manie for-leten godes lage, 4068 And wrogten ðor ſwilc ſoules for and worshipped Baal-peor. ðat he ðor lutten belphegor. — The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D., Unknown

southern buckthorn, shittimwood, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides

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