English noun: genus Rhus | |||
1. | genus Rhus (plant) deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) | ||
Synonyms | Rhus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | ||
Member holonym | shumac, sumac, sumach | ||
Member meronym | Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family | ||