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Definition of Poison ivy

1. Noun. Dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant. "My poison ivy is drying up"

2. Noun. Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact.

Definition of Poison ivy

1. Noun. A woody vine plant in the family Anacardiaceae well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant that causes an itching rash and blistering for most people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Poison ivy

1. A plant that causes a marked allergic (contact) dermatitis in the majority of individuals. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poison Ivy

poison-ivy poison-pen letter poison-pen letters poison arrow plant poison ash poison bush poison camas poison control centres poison dart frog poison dart frogs

poison dogwood poison gas poison gland poison glands poison hemlock poison ivy (current term) 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

Literary usage of Poison ivy

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)
"This plant is much more irritating than the poison-ivy and is the cause of ... The poison-ivy, with currant-bunch clusters of gray fruit, like those of the ..."

2. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"... be considered a sumach at all by the ordinary observer; its popular name of "poison-ivy" being quite expressive of its peculiar habit of growth. ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"D., WASHINGTON, DC Two similar Pyralid larvae may be found on poison ivy leaves, living solitary in a loose open web, by which the leaves are more or less ..."

4. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Wild Plants: Asters, Solidagos, poison ivy. — Swallows.— Glacial Grooves.—Rocks transported by Antarctic Ice.—Body of a Whale discovered by an American ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Leaf of poison ivy. (XH) The first group includes those plants which are mainly harmful to ... Some persons are susceptible to poison ivy, others are not. ..."

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