RHUS VERNIX

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhus vernix mean? 

• RHUS VERNIX (noun)
  The noun RHUS VERNIX 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: RHUS VERNIX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHUS VERNIX (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 ("Rhus vernix" 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 ("Rhus vernix" 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)