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Cotinus

noun

smoke trees

• Syn: ↑genus Cotinus

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family

• Member Meronyms: ↑smoke tree, ↑smoke bush

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\\ˈkät^ənəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin cotinus, a kind of shrub furnishing a purple color

: a genus of shrubs or small trees (family Anacardiaceae) that are sometimes included in Rhus but distinguished by plumose sterile pedicels in the fruiting panicles — see smoke tree

Useful english dictionary. 2012.