noun
smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
• Syn: ↑poison dogwood, ↑poison sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernix, ↑Rhus vernix
• Hypernyms: ↑poisonous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Toxicodendron, ↑genus Toxicodendron
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noun1. : poison sumac
2. : a torchwood (Amyris balsamifera) of the West Indies
3. : fringe tree
Useful english dictionary. 2012.