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Rhus

noun

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). Synonym: genus Rhus.

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... Lady Veratrum was most amiable and affable, though the blue blood of the Belladonnas courses in her veins, and her great-grandfather was the celebrated Earl of Rhus Tox, who rendered such notable service to his sovereign. We roamed through the splendid apartments, inspected the superb picture-gallery, where scores of dead-and-gone Cimicifugases (most of them very ...

— Penelope's English Experiences • Kate Douglas Wiggin

Words linked to "Rhus" : sumac, shumac, dicot genus, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family, sumach, magnoliopsid genus, Anacardiaceae