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 family contains more than fifty genera, confined for the most part to the warmer regions of the globe.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
Mr. Parker's house was on the southern edge of the prairie which was fringed by a thick growth of hazel, sumach, plums, crabapples, wild cherries and fox grapes.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange
We should suspect any sumach that stands with its feet in the water, whether it bears flowers and fruit or not.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
No sunset was ever more changeful and glorious than a patch of staghorn sumach that covers the ugliness of a railroad siding in October.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The banks on either side were clothed with overhanging woods, of the sumach, maple, tamarisk, birch, in all the rich yet delicate array of the fresh opening year.
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
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