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POISON ASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poison ash mean? 

POISON ASH (noun)
  The noun POISON ASH has 1 sense:

1. smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oilplay

  Familiarity information: POISON ASH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POISON ASH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

poison ash; poison dogwood; poison sumac; Rhus vernix; Toxicodendron vernix

Hypernyms ("poison ash" 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 ("poison ash" 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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