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Definition of Sumacs

Sumac
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 Sumacs from wikipedia

- and form dense clusters at branch tips, sometimes called sumac bobs.[citation needed] Sumacs propagate both by seed (spread by birds and other animals...
- Chávarri Castillo; September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008), known as Yma Sumac (or Imma Sumack), was a Peruvian singer. She won a Guinness World Record...
- of flowering plants in the family Anacardiaceae, closely related to the sumacs (Rhus). They are large shrubs or small trees, native to the warm temperate...
- Merit: Rhus typhina 'Dissecta' (cutleaf staghorn sumac) Rhus typhina Radiance = 'Sinrus' The fruit of sumacs are edible. They can be soaked and washed in...
- smooth sumac, (also known as white sumac, upland sumac, or scarlet sumac) is a North American species of sumac in the family Anacardiaceae. Smooth sumac has...
- Look up sumac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sumac may refer to: Soumak rug (also spelt Soumakh, Sumak, Sumac, or Soumac), a type of weft-wrapped...
- Toxicodendron vernix, commonly known as poison sumac, or swamp-sumach, is a woody shrub or small tree growing to 9 metres (30 feet) tall. It was previously...
- The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known...
- closely related to sumacs. It is closely related to the other plants in the Toxicodendron genus, including poison ivy, poison sumac, and the lacquer tree...
- commonly known as fragrant sumac, smooth sumac, aromatic sumac, lemon sumac, skunk bush, polecat bush, polecat sumac, or simply sumac, is a deciduous shrub...