Definition of Sugar sumac

1. Noun. Evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits.

Exact synonyms: Rhus Ovata, Sugar-bush
Generic synonyms: Shumac, Sumac, Sumach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar Sumac

sugar pine
sugar pines
sugar plum
sugar plums
sugar refinery
sugar rush
sugar shack
sugar shacks
sugar shell
sugar snap pea
sugar soap
sugar sorghum
sugar spoon
sugar substitute
sugar substitutes
sugar sumac (current term)
sugar syrup
sugar water
sugarallie
sugarally
sugarbeet
sugarbeets
sugarberries
sugarberry
sugarbush
sugarbushes
sugarcane
sugarcanes
sugarcoat

Literary usage of Sugar sumac

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

1. Analytical [-sixth] Reader. by Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb (1868)
"... shining, wringer, clashing, prudent, useful, wherever, which, where'er, cerulean, useful, usury (zhu), sugar, sumac, mercury, merry, council. LESSON xx. ..."

2. Handbook of the Port of Boston, 1913 by Boston Chamber of Commerce (1913)
"... Oils Paints Paraffin Perfumery Phosphates Pitch Polishing Powders Potash Saltpetre Sand Satin Soap Stock Starches Sponges sugar sumac and Extracts Talc ..."

3. A Business Spelling Book for Use in High Schools and Business Colleges by Dexter Dwight Mayne (1913)
"... a little loop made in crocheting, also sometimes seen on the edge of ribbons. sugar sumac 232 WORD GROUPS concern discern crescent excrescence apparent ..."

4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1854)
"Used in the manufacture of sugar. Sumac.—Used for tanning light-colored leathers ; grows in Hungary and ..."

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