English > genus Rhus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron). |
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Synonym | Rhus |
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Member of | Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family | The cashew family |
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Members | sumac, sumach, shumac | A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) |
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Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus rhus, rhus |
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Catalan | genus rhus, rhus, Sumac |
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