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    VINEGAR TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesplay

    Synonyms:

    Rhus glabra; scarlet sumac; smooth sumac; vinegar tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("vinegar tree" is a kind of...):

    shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berriesplay

    Synonyms:

    Rhus typhina; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree; Virginian sumac

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("vinegar tree" is a kind of...):

    shumac; sumac; sumach (a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus))

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