VINEGAR TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinegar tree mean? 

• VINEGAR TREE (noun)
  The noun VINEGAR TREE has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

  Familiarity information: VINEGAR TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINEGAR TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhus typhina; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac

Hypernyms ("vinegar tree" is a kind 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:

Common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhus glabra; scarlet sumac; smooth sumac; vinegar tree

Hypernyms ("vinegar tree" is a kind of...):

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