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smooth sumac

noun

  1. a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of smooth sumac1

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences

From the smooth sumac they reap a harvest in midsummer, and in March they get a good grist of pollen from the skunk-cabbage.

The twigs and leaves are similar to those of the smooth sumac but are conspicuously hairy.

Vegetation near paths and bare places was weedy and in some places there were tall stands of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra).

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