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A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
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sumach
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of sumac English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) [syn: sumac , shumac ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sumac \Su"mac\, Sumach \Su"mach\, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[=a]q.] [Written also shumac .] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus , shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of ...
Usage examples of sumach.
From rocks around hung the loose ivy dangling, And in the clefts sumach of liveliest green, Bright ising-stars the little beach was spangling, The gold-cup sorrel from his gauzy screen Shone like a fairy crown, enchased and beaded, Left on some morn, when light flashed in their eyes unheeded.
The 'Poison Elder' of America is again no Elder, but a Sumach, its other name being Swamp Sumach, botanically Rhus verni (Linn.