Cotinus obovatus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Cotinus obovatus
    n 1: shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes
         of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke [syn:
         {American smokewood}, {chittamwood}, {Cotinus americanus},
         {Cotinus obovatus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]