vinegar tree

1. (noun) common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
Synonyms: Rhus glabra, scarlet sumac, smooth sumac
Related Words: shumac, sumac, sumach

2. (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
Synonyms: Rhus typhina, Virginian sumac, staghorn sumac, velvet sumac
Related Words: shumac, sumac, sumach



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