Found 1 items, similar to Rhamnus purshiana.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rhamnus purshiana chittamwood \chittamwood\ n. 1. a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast (Rhamnus purshianus or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative. Syn: cascara, cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a deciduous tree of SE U.S. and Mexico. Syn: false buckthorn, chittimwood, shittimwood, black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa. [WordNet 1.5] 3. a shrubby tree of southern U.S. (Cotinus obovatus) having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke; -- called also American smoke tree. Syn: American smokewood, Cotinus americanus, Cotinus obovatus . [WordNet 1.5]