genus toxicodendron
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac, rhus vernix, toxicodendron vernix, |
| definition | : | smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | markweed, poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak, rhus radicans, toxicodendron radicans, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | rhus diversiloba, toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak, |
| definition | : | poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | eastern poison oak, rhus quercifolia, rhus toxicodenedron, toxicodendron quercifolium, |
| definition | : | poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chinese lacquer tree, japanese lacquer tree, japanese sumac, japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, rhus verniciflua, toxicodendron vernicifluum, varnish tree, |
| definition | : | small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | anacardiaceae, family anacardiaceae, sumac family, |
| definition | : | the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac (noun.plant) |
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