Lexic.us

Definition of Staghorn sumac

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 Staghorn Sumac

Literary usage of Staghorn sumac

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

1. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"LESSON CCVI THE VELVET, OR STAGHORN, SUMAC Leading thought—The sumac is a beautiful shrub in summer because of its fern-like leaves; it is picturesque in ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"staghorn sumac. upper Ifts.; Ifts. 5-7, short-stalked, ovate or elliptic- .... The staghorn sumac grows in the driest soils and is a very desirable plant on ..."

3. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"staghorn sumac, prickly pear, deerberry, passionflower, and black cherry are also used for their berries and fruits (table 2-1). Table 2-1. ..."

4. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"are off, gives the branches a look which so closely resembles the horns of a young stag, that the bush has been named staghorn sumac, from that feature ..."

5. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"are off, gives the branches a look which so closely resembles the horns of a young stag, that the bush has been named staghorn sumac, ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"One of the most common innocent eastern species of America, and the largest, is Rhus hirta, the staghorn sumac, so called because its young, short branches ..."

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