Definition of Japanese sumac

1. Noun. Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Sumac

Japanese poinsettia
Japanese privet
Japanese quince
Japanese radish
Japanese red pine
Japanese river fever
Japanese rose
Japanese sea lion
Japanese slipper
Japanese snowbell
Japanese spaniel
Japanese spitz
Japanese spitzes
Japanese spurge
Japanese stranglehold
Japanese sumac (current term)
Japanese table pine
Japanese tree lilac
Japanese umbrella pine
Japanese varnish tree
Japanese wistaria
Japanese yew
Japanese yews
Japaneseness
Japanesey
Japanglish
Japanification
Japanimation
Japanimations
Japanism

Literary usage of Japanese sumac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1907)
"... Bigelow || experimented upon the juice of Rhus vernix, and showed that it possessed varnish-forming properties similar to the juice from Japanese sumac. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1907)
"... Bigelow || experimented upon the juice of Rhus remix, and showed that it possessed varnish-forming properties similar to the juice from Japanese sumac. ..."

3. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"Japanese sumac. A shrub or low tree, under favorable conditions growing to a height of 15 or 20 feet. Native of Japan. Leaves coin- pound, with 9 to 13 ..."

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