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n.

(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.


 
 
(rūs, rŭs)
n.

A genus of vines and shrubs including several species, especially poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.

 

Plant genus in family Anacardiaceae. Includes Toxicodendron spp.

 

The botanical name for sumac and poison ivy.

 
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IN BRIEF: n. - Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.

 
 

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