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Shumac
Shumac Shu"mac, n. (Bot.) Sumac.
shumac
Sumac Su"mac, Sumach Su"mach, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[=a]q.] [Written also shumac.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer. 2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing. Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.

Meaning of shumac from wikipedia

- Sumac or sumach (/ˈsuːmæk, ˈʃuː-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also /ˈsjuː-/) is any of about 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera in...
- Sunshine 31-Dec-81 2751 The Adventures of Coneli: Part 1 - The Taming Of Shumac Edith Brill Brendan Price 04-Jan-82 2752 The Adventures of Coneli: Part...
- skin: it removes also the poisonous state of the skin caused by Rhus or Shumac. Among Indigenous peoples of North America, it has been do****ented that...
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- Ilfracombe in 1788. Ilfracome was carrying 198 pipes of wine, 30 bags of shumac, and 40 quintals of cork. By another account Old ****, Birdy, master, was...