noun
deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron)
• Syn: ↑genus Rhus
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.