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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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) [syn: Rhus, genus Rhus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural rhuses or rhus) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sumac, from Greek rhous Date: circa 1611 sumac 2

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhus Rhus, n. [L., sumac, fr. Gr. ???.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.