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vinegar tree

DEFINITIONS OF: vinegar tree

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n 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, Virginian sumac, staghorn sumac, velvet sumac
Type of:
shumac, sumac, sumach
a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

n 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
Type 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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