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    JAPANESE LACQUER TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtainedplay

    Synonyms:

    Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Japanese lacquer tree" is a kind of...):

    poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

    Holonyms ("Japanese lacquer tree" is a member of...):

    genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)

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