Definition of Rhus laurina

1. Noun. Small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus.

Exact synonyms: Laurel Sumac, Malosma Laurina
Group relationships: Genus Malosma, Malosma
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhus Laurina

Rhodospirillium rubrum
Rhodymenia
Rhodymenia palmata
Rhodymeniaceae
Rhoeadales
Rhombozoa
Rhonda
Rhone
Rhone-Alpes
Rhone River
Rhone wine
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallina
Rhus diversiloba
Rhus glabra
Rhus laurina (current term)
Rhus ovata
Rhus quercifolia
Rhus radicans
Rhus rhodanthema
Rhus toxicodendron antigen
Rhus toxicodenedron
Rhus trilobata
Rhus typhina
Rhus venenata antigen
Rhus verniciflua
Rhus vernix
Rhyacian
Rhyacotriton
Rhyacotriton olympicus

Literary usage of Rhus laurina

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Rhubarb Rhubarb: poisoning from rhubarb leaves. Daylight mazda lamp in the psychological Nature 99:253-7 My 24 47 Rhus Fats from rhus laurina and rhus ..."

2. Index to Homœopathic Provings by Thomas Lindsley Bradford (1901)
"Allen: Cyclopaedia, V. 8. Cyclop. Drug Path., V. 3. Hale: New Rem., 2d. éd. Marshall: Hale's New Rem., p. 872. Rhus laurina. ..."

3. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Laurel Sumac (Rhus laurina), Sour Berry (Rhus integrifolia}, Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata) are southern shrubs sometimes arborescent and exhibiting trunks six ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"384, effects of handling plant of " Rhus laurina ;"f 11, Thomas, Br. J. of Hom., 14, 346, ..."

5. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1895)
"... in March, I found a pair of California thrashers rearing twins in a little house high in a rhus laurina clump, sheltered by a canopy so dense that only ..."

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