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Poison Sumac

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Noun

1. poison sumac

dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant

2. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Poison Sumac

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a swamp plant (Rhus vernix) of the cashew family, with greenish-white flowers, hanging clusters of small grayish fruit, and leaves made up of 7 to 13 leaflets: it can cause a severe rash on contact

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

Poison Sumac

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n.
1. A shrub or small tree (Toxicodendron vernix) of eastern North American wetlands, having compound leaves and greenish-white berries and causing a rash on contact.
2. A skin rash caused by contact with this plant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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