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MOUNTAIN SUMAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain sumac mean? 

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

1. common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTAIN SUMAC (noun)


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Meaning:

Common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black sumac; dwarf sumac; mountain sumac; Rhus copallina; shining sumac

Hypernyms ("mountain 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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