Definition of Rhus typhina

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhus Typhina

Rhone-Alpes
Rhone River
Rhone wine
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallina
Rhus diversiloba
Rhus glabra
Rhus laurina
Rhus ovata
Rhus quercifolia
Rhus radicans
Rhus rhodanthema
Rhus toxicodendron antigen
Rhus toxicodenedron
Rhus trilobata
Rhus typhina (current term)
Rhus venenata antigen
Rhus verniciflua
Rhus vernix
Rhyacian
Rhyacotriton
Rhyacotriton olympicus
Rhynchocephalia
Rhynchoelaps
Rhynchoelaps australis
Rhyncostylis
Rhynia
Rhyniaceae
Rhætian
Rhætians

Literary usage of Rhus typhina

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

1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"The Rhus typhina, or what is called Virginian sumac, is a species of which, .... The Rhus typhina grows in rocky and gravelly soils, frequently along the ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Club 19: 81) proposed for it the new combination R. hirta (L.), because Linne, prior to the publication of his Rhus typhina (Cent. Plant. 2:14. ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"Club 19: 81) proposed for it the new combination R. hirta (L.), because Linné, prior to the publication of his Rhus typhina (Cent ..."

4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"Th« Rhus typhina grows in rocky and gravelly soils, frequently along the margins of ledges of granite, and about old fences. The Rhus glabra often takes ..."

5. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"... throughout the United States and Canada, flourishing in dry, barren or rocky situations, fence corners, etc. (see Rhus glabra'). Rhus typhina, Linné ..."

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