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Definition of Poison sumac

1. Noun. Dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant.

2. Noun. Smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil.

Definition of Poison sumac

1. Noun. A woody shrub or small tree, all parts of which cause irritation to humans; ''Rhus vernix'' or ''Toxicodendron vernix''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poison Sumac

poison gas poison gland poison glands poison hemlock poison ivy poison mercury poison milkweed poison oak poison parsley poison pea

poison pen poison pen letter poison pens poison pill poison pills poison sumac poison sumacs poison tree bears poison fruit poisonable poisonberry

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Literary usage of Poison sumac

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

1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The poisonous varieties may be avoided by noting their gray or white stone-fruits. There are two of these, the poison-elder (poison-sumac, poison-dogwood, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1907)
"The Chair next called for a paper by Mr. AB Stevens, on the subject of " Poison Sumac," and Mr. Stevens gave a verbal abstract of his paper, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1907)
"The Chair next called for a paper by Mr. AB Stevens, on the subject of " Poison Sumac," and Mr. Stevens gave a verbal abstract of his paper, ..."

4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"Everyone should know the poison sumac (R. Vernix)—R. venenata of Gray—as the shrub above all others to avoid. Like its cousin, the Poison or Three-leaved ..."

5. A Naturalist in the Great Lakes Region by Elliot Rowland Downing (1922)
"In the same genus (Rhus) of innocent plants comes the poison ivy and its even more poisonous brother, poison sumac (Fig. 107), also called poison dogwood or ..."

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