JAPANESE VARNISH TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese varnish tree mean? 

• JAPANESE VARNISH TREE (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE VARNISH TREE has 2 senses:

1. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

2. deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE VARNISH TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE VARNISH TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree

Hypernyms ("Japanese varnish tree" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("Japanese varnish tree" is a member of...):

genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese parasol; Chinese parasol tree; Firmiana simplex; Japanese varnish tree; phoenix tree

Hypernyms ("Japanese varnish tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Japanese varnish tree" is a member of...):

Firmiana; genus Firmiana (small genus of Asian trees or shrubs)