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RHUS VERNIX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oilplay

Synonyms:

poison ash; poison dogwood; poison sumac; Rhus vernix; Toxicodendron vernix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rhus vernix" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("Rhus vernix" is a member of...):

genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)

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