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Poison Oak

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Noun

1. poison oak

dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison oak plant

2. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Poison Oak

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noun
1. 
either of two North American anacardiaceous shrubs, Rhus toxicodendron or R. diversiloba, that are related to the poison ivy and cause a similar rash
See also sumach (sense 1)
2. (not in technical use) another name for poison ivy

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Poison Oak

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poison sumac or any of various poison ivy plants (esp. Rhus toxicodendron and R. diversiloba)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Poison Oak

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n.
1. Either of two plants, Toxicodendron pubescens, a shrub of the southeast United States, or T. diversilobum, a shrub or vine of western North America, having compound leaves with three lobed or toothed leaflets, and causing a rash on contact.
2. See poison ivy.
3. A skin rash caused by contact with one of these plants.

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