sumach

தோல் பதனீடு-சாயம் ஆகியவற்றிற்குப் பயன்படும் உலர்த்திய இலைத்தூள், சாயப்பதனீட்டு இலைத்தூள் தருஞ் செடிவகை.

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Su"mac, Su"mach, n. Etym: [F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summaq.] [Written also shumac.] 1. (Bot.) Defn: Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer. 2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing. Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison.

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