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LEMON SUMAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemon sumac mean? 

LEMON SUMAC (noun)
  The noun LEMON SUMAC has 1 sense:

1. sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: LEMON SUMAC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEMON SUMAC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fragrant sumac; lemon sumac; Rhus aromatica

Hypernyms ("lemon sumac" is a kind of...):

shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))


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