Definition of Cotinus

1. Noun. Smoke trees.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cotinus
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Anacardiaceae, Family Anacardiaceae, Sumac Family
Member holonyms: Smoke Bush, Smoke Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotinus

Costanoan
Costanoans
Costello
Costen
Costen's syndrome
Costia necatrix
Costner
Cotacachi
Cotard
Cotard's syndrome
Cotard delusion
Cote d'Azur
Cote d'Ivoire franc
Cotes de Provence
Cotingidae
Cotinus
Cotinus americanus
Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus obovatus
Cotoneaster dammeri
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotonou
Cotopaxi
Cotswold
Cotswold Hills
Cotswold morris dancing
Cotswolds
Cottagers
Cottbus

Literary usage of Cotinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... cotinus, but on page 90 it is assigned to R. typhina, which is much more likely. ... cotinus ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1898)
"... 200 and J. Rose-Innes, thermal properties of normal pentane, 301 , nutrition of, 264 Yellow colouring -matters of Rhus cotinus and Khus rho- ..."

3. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"Venetian Sumach, or Wig-tree, Rhus cotinus (Fig. 35.) ***** Heartwood light brown, touched with red or violet: sapwood narrow yellowish-white : hard, heavy. ..."

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