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VIRGINIAN SUMAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Virginian sumac mean?
• VIRGINIAN SUMAC (noun)
The noun VIRGINIAN SUMAC has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: VIRGINIAN SUMAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Rhus typhina; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac
Hypernyms ("Virginian sumac" 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))
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