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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

• JAPANESE SUMAC (noun)

Sense 1

Japanese sumac ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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