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smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
su·mac
also su·mach (so͞o′măk, sho͞o′-)n.
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genera Rhus and Toxicodendron, having compound leaves, clusters of small greenish flowers, and usually red, hairy fruit. Species in the genus Toxicodendron, such as poison sumac, have toxic sap.
2. A tart, dark reddish-brown powder made from the ground dried fruits of a Eurasian sumac (Rhus coriaria), used as a seasoning in Middle Eastern cuisine.
[Middle English, preparation made from sumac, from Old French (possibly via Medieval Latin sumach), from Arabic summāq, sumac tree, from Aramaic, dark red, from səmaq, to be red; see smq in Semitic roots.]
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su•mac
or su•mach
(ˈsu mæk, ˈʃu-)n.
1. any shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, of the cashew family, having pinnately compound leaves and clusters of red, fleshy fruit.
2. a preparation of the dried and powdered leaves, bark, etc., of certain species of Rhus, esp. R. coriaria of S Europe, used esp. in tanning.
3. the wood of any of these trees.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic summāq]
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| Noun | 1. |  sumac - wood of a sumac shumac, sumach, sumac - a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| 2. |  sumac - a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)genus Rhus, Rhus - 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) sumac - wood of a sumac fragrant sumac, lemon sumac, Rhus aromatica - sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits Rhus glabra, scarlet sumac, smooth sumac, vinegar tree - common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries black sumac, dwarf sumac, mountain sumac, Rhus copallina, shining sumac - common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries Rhus ovata, sugar sumac, sugar-bush - evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits Rhus typhina, staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, vinegar tree, Virginian sumac - 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 Rhus trilobata, skunkbush, squawbush, squaw-bush - deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit |
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Translations
سماق
سماق
sumakki
ruj
sumak
rujsumahsumakрујсумак
sumak
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sumac(h)
n (= plant) → Sumach m, → Gerberstrauch m; (= preparation) → Schmack m
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