noun
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
• Syn: ↑Toxicodendron
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family
• Member Meronyms:
↑poison ash, ↑poison dogwood, ↑poison sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernix, ↑Rhus vernix, ↑poison ivy, ↑markweed, ↑poison mercury, ↑poison oak, ↑Toxicodendron radicans, ↑Rhus radicans, ↑western poison oak, ↑Toxicodendron diversilobum, ↑Rhus diversiloba, ↑eastern poison oak, ↑Toxicodendron quercifolium, ↑Rhus quercifolia, ↑Rhus toxicodenedron, ↑varnish tree, ↑lacquer tree, ↑Chinese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua
Useful english dictionary. 2012.