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sumach
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Sumach
(gcide) | Sumac \Su"mac\, Sumach \Su"mach\, n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach
(cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summ[=a]q.] [Written also
shumac.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small
trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small
flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in
dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese {Rhus
vernicifera}, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or
lacquer.
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2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of
certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and
dyeing.
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Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.
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sumach
(wn) | sumach
n 1: a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the
non-poisonous members of the genus) [syn: sumac,
sumach, shumac] |
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sumach
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Upland sumach
(gcide) | Upland \Up"land\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton.
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2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2]
" The race of upland giants." --Chapman.
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Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin.
Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), a large
American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as
a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper,
Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover,
highland plover, hillbird, humility, {prairie
plover}, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote,
quaily, and uplander.
Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.
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sumach
(wn) | sumach
n 1: a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the
non-poisonous members of the genus) [syn: sumac,
sumach, shumac] |
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