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TOXICODENDRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Toxicodendron" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Toxicodendron"):
poison ash; poison dogwood; poison sumac; Rhus vernix; Toxicodendron vernix (smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil)
markweed; poison ivy; poison mercury; poison oak; Rhus radicans; Toxicodendron radicans (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)
Rhus diversiloba; Toxicodendron diversilobum; western poison oak (poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact)
eastern poison oak; Rhus quercifolia; Rhus toxicodenedron; Toxicodendron quercifolium (poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact)
Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree (small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained)
Holonyms ("Toxicodendron" is a member of...):
Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)
