Shittah \Shit"tah\, Shittah tree \Shit"tah tree`\, n. [Heb. shitt[=a]h, pl. shitt[=i]m.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)