Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Shittim"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shittim \Shit"tim\, Shittim wood \Shit"tim wood`\, n.
The wood of the shittah tree.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shittim
n : shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
{southern buckthorn}, {shittimwood}, {mock orange}, {Bumelia
lycioides}]
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