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    RHUS VERNIX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oilplay

    Synonyms:

    poison ash; poison dogwood; poison sumac; Rhus vernix; Toxicodendron vernix

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Rhus vernix" 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 ("Rhus vernix" 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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