- a variation of sumac.
sumach
Britishnoun
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any temperate or subtropical shrub or small tree of the anacardiaceous genus Rhus, having compound leaves, clusters of green flowers, and red hairy fruits See also poison sumach
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a preparation of powdered leaves of certain species of Rhus, esp R. coriaria, used in dyeing and tanning
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the wood of any of these plants
Etymology
Origin of sumach
C14: via Old French from Arabic summāq
Example Sentences
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The sumach high and the elder thick, Where we found the stone and the ragged stick The trampled road of the thicket, full Of footprints down to the quarry pool.
From Kentucky Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
To some persons the action of the sumach poison is virulent, causing painful itching eruptions similar to those caused by poison ivy.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Douglas, Alan
The brilliant sunshine made every smallest detail clear and sharp—boulders of granite, burned stems, crimson sumach, pebbles along the shore in neat, separate detail—without revealing where the watcher hid.
From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Blackwood, Algernon
The harmonies of colour that filled the landscape culminated in a crimson sumach growing hard by in a corner of a rail fence.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
One of this family is poisonous and is known as poison sumach.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Douglas, Alan
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