HyperDic: genus_toxicodendron

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Toxicodendron:
NOUNplantgenus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendronin some classifications
English > genus Toxicodendron: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningIn some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America.
SynonymToxicodendron
Member ofAnacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac familyThe cashew family
Memberseastern poison oak, Toxicodendron quercifolium, Rhus quercifolia, Rhus toxicodenedronpoisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix, Rhus vernixSmooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries
poison ivy, markweed, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicansClimbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries
varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus vernicifluasmall Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
western poison oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Rhus diversilobapoisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus toxicodendron, toxicodendron
Catalangenus toxicodendron, toxicodendron

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