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JAPANESE SUMAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese sumac mean?
• JAPANESE SUMAC (noun)
The noun JAPANESE SUMAC has 1 sense:
1. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Familiarity information: JAPANESE SUMAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree
Hypernyms ("Japanese sumac" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("Japanese sumac" is a member of...):
genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)
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