sumac
Noun
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Wood of a sumac (synset 112783965)
is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) (synset 112783656)
subtypes:
- fragrant sumac, lemon sumac, rhus aromatica - sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
- rhus glabra, scarlet sumac, smooth sumac, vinegar tree - common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
- black sumac, dwarf sumac, mountain sumac, rhus copallina, shining sumac - common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
- rhus ovata, sugar sumac, sugar-bush - evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits
- rhus typhina, staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, vinegar tree, virginian sumac - deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
- rhus trilobata, skunkbush, squaw-bush, squawbush - deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit
belongs to: genus rhus, rhus - deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron)substance holonym: sumac - wood of a sumac
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