rhus

British

/ rʊs /

noun

any shrub or small tree of the anacardiaceous genus Rhus , several species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their foliage, which assumes brilliant colours in autumn See also sumach

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A neglected but really remarkable shrub is the rhus cotinus—the smoke plant.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton

It is really the sap of the rhus vernicifera which contains, among other ingredients, about 3 per cent. of a gum soluble in water.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

Dann. add here which is wanting in Tor. rhus Syriacum—Syrian Sumach.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

Five or six species of oak, several kinds of walnut trees, beeches, chestnuts, and dogwood, formed the thick wood, the undergrowth of which consisted of Rhododendron maximum, kalmia, rhus, and tall juniper.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

But it can't be anything as bad as the real rhus tox.

From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Douglas, Alan

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