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VINEGAR TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Rhus glabra; scarlet sumac; smooth sumac; vinegar tree

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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 berries

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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