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Synonyms for sumac

wood of a sumac

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a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

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Now he turned in his tracks, between the walls of sumach bushes -- turned himself as carefully as if he were a ship -- and then stepped quickly but cautiously along.

Three minutes later the old man and his sons, well armed, were up the hill, and just entering the sumach path on tiptoe, their weapons in their hands.

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Look at this sumach; its leaves are red, though everybody knows the fruit is in the yellow blossom in the month of July!"

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"Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, amidst the pines and hickories and sumachs, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house, until ...

An evolving landscape; Modern naturalist notes changes since Thoreau's time

Choose viburnum opulus, witch hazel (hamamelis mollis), or one of the sumachs (rhus) for shrubby autumn colour.

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