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Sumac   /sˈumæk/   Listen
Sumac

noun
(Written also shumac)
1.
Wood of a sumac.
2.
A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).  Synonyms: shumac, sumach.



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"Sumac" Quotes from Famous Books



... his brothers added to their mother's artistic equipment not only a list of variously shaded brown from the bark of the black walnut tree, and of yellows from the leaves and twigs of the sumac and wild cherry, but numberless others. She was an untiring color hunter, an experimenter with the juices of plants and flowers and berries, and with every unwash-outable stain. She set herself to the exciting task of repetition and variation. She tried the ...
— The Development of Embroidery in America • Candace Wheeler



Words linked to "Sumac" :   Rhus ovata, sugar-bush, Rhus trilobata, Rhus aromatica, skunkbush, Rhus, genus Rhus, squawbush, squaw-bush, wood, Rhus copallina, shrub, vinegar tree, Rhus glabra, Rhus typhina, bush



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