rhus
Britishnoun
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But it can't be anything as bad as the real rhus tox.
From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Alan Douglas
A neglected but really remarkable shrub is the rhus cotinus—the smoke plant.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
It is really the sap of the rhus vernicifera which contains, among other ingredients, about 3 per cent. of a gum soluble in water.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
The exhalations of the American rhus are deadly to some persons, but innocuous to others; and many poisons which cause instantaneous death to some animals may be given with safety to others.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Dann. add here which is wanting in Tor. rhus Syriacum—Syrian Sumach.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Joseph Dommers Vehling
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