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Sumac : (noun)
1: wood of a sumac
2: a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the
non-poisonous members of the genus) [syn: sumach, shumac]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sumac : \Su"mac\, Sumach \Su"mach\, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach
(cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[=a]q.] [Written also
shumac.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small
trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small
flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in
dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus
vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or
lacquer.
2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of
certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and
dyeing.
Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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