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shittah tree
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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]
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