poison sumac

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noun

a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.

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Also called poison dogwood.

Origin of poison sumac

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby poison sumac

poison oak, poisonous, poison-pen, poison-pen letter, poison pill, poison sumac, poison sumach, poisonwood, Poisson, Poisson distribution, Poisson's ratio

How to use poison sumac in a sentence

Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
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And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.
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Infernal, it can cause fires and explosions; toxic, it can debilitate, poison, and kill.
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Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas.
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“Either you poison yourselves or you take this which shoots,” the boss says.
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The tobacco plant, as is well known, produces a virulent poison known as Nicotine.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He lived in a perpetual fear and danger of discovery; and discovery now was but another name, for poison—prison—death.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He carries a bamboo basket in which he has put a mixture containing a curious kind of poison.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade

Medical definitions for poison sumac

poison sumac

A swamp shrub of the southeast United States, having compound leaves and greenish-white berries and causing an itching rash on contact with the skin.