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sumac - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sumac'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* shumac * sumach

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus including the poison ivy and poison oak.
  • * 1957 , :
  • *:There was a Steinway grand piano [...] a cherrywood writing table, and an assortment of floor lamps, table lamps, and "bridge" lamps that sprang up all over the congested inscape like sumac .
  • A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean made from the berries of the plant.
  • Derived terms

    * poison sumac

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    Similar to 'sumac'

    scenic, sonic, sync, shumac, semic