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RHUS TYPHINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhus typhina mean? 

RHUS TYPHINA (noun)
  The noun RHUS TYPHINA has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berriesplay

  Familiarity information: RHUS TYPHINA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RHUS TYPHINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhus typhina; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac

Hypernyms ("Rhus typhina" 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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