genus toxicodendron

1. 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 (synset 112787001)
   is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   member holonym:

   • poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac, rhus vernix, toxicodendron vernix - smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
   • markweed, poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak, rhus radicans, toxicodendron radicans - climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
   • rhus diversiloba, toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak - poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact
   • eastern poison oak, rhus quercifolia, rhus toxicodenedron, toxicodendron quercifolium - poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
   • chinese lacquer tree, japanese lacquer tree, japanese sumac, japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, rhus verniciflua, toxicodendron vernicifluum, varnish tree - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
   belongs to: anacardiaceae, family anacardiaceae, sumac family - the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac
   same as: toxicodendron

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