SUMAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sumac mean? 

• SUMAC (noun)
  The noun SUMAC has 2 senses:

1. wood of a sumac

2. a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

  Familiarity information: SUMAC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUMAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood of a sumac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sumac" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("sumac" is a substance of...):

shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

shumac; sumac; sumach

Hypernyms ("sumac" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (substance of "sumac"):

sumac (wood of a sumac)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sumac"):

fragrant sumac; lemon sumac; Rhus aromatica (sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits)

Rhus glabra; scarlet sumac; smooth sumac; vinegar tree (common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries)

black sumac; dwarf sumac; mountain sumac; Rhus copallina; shining sumac (common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries)

Rhus ovata; sugar-bush; sugar sumac (evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits)

Rhus typhina; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac (deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries)

Rhus trilobata; skunkbush; squaw-bush; squawbush (deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit)

Holonyms ("sumac" is a member of...):

genus Rhus; Rhus (deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron))