toxicodendron
Noun
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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 germinationmember 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 sumacsame as: genus toxicodendron
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