white ironwood
noun
Either of two small evergreen trees, Hypelate trifoliata (family Sapindaceae) of the Caribbean, which has small white flowers, and Vespris lanceolata (family Rutaceae), of South Africa.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Pinkerton (1758–1826), historian and poet.
- sits vac
- Sittang
- sittella
- sitter
- sit through
- sit tight
- sitting
- Sitting Bull
- sitting duck
- sitting room
- sitting target
- sitting tenant
- sitting trot
- situate
- situation
- situational
- situationally
- situation comedy
- situation ethics
- situationism
- situationist
- situations vacant (or wanted)
- sit-up
- sit-up-and-beg
- sit up (and take notice)