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smooth sumac
noun
- a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smooth sumac1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Example Sentences
From the smooth sumac they reap a harvest in midsummer, and in March they get a good grist of pollen from the skunk-cabbage.
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The twigs and leaves are similar to those of the smooth sumac but are conspicuously hairy.
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Vegetation near paths and bare places was weedy and in some places there were tall stands of Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra).
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