POISON ASH
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 oil
Familiarity information: POISON ASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POISON ASH (noun)
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; Rhus vernix; Toxicodendron vernix; poison sumac
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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