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shumac

Sumac \Su"mac\, Sumach \Su"mach\, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[=a]q.] [Written also shumac.]

  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.

  2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

    Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.

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shumac

n. (dated form of sumac English)

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shumac

n. a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) [syn: sumac, sumach]

Usage examples of "shumac".

The azalia, the shumac, and every variety of that beautiful mischief, the kalmia, are in equal profusion.

Often, on descending into the narrow vallies, we found a little spot of cultivation, a garden or a field, hedged round with shumacs, rhododendrons, and azalias, and a cottage covered with roses.

Often, on descending into the narrow vallies, we found a little spot of cultivation, a garden or a field, hedged round with shumacs, rhododendrons, and azalias, and a cottage covered with roses.

The azalia, the shumac, and every variety of that beautiful mischief, the kalmia, are in equal profusion.