Definition of Rhus vernix. Meaning of Rhus vernix. Synonyms of Rhus vernix

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Definition of Rhus vernix

Rhus vernix
Japan Ja*pan", a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina allspice. Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply Japan. Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor. Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover. Japan earth. See Catechu. Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.

Meaning of Rhus vernix from wikipedia

- tree growing to 9 metres (30 feet) tall. It was previously known as Rhus vernix. This plant is also known as thunderwood, particularly where it occurs...
- Rhus wilsonii Hemsl. Australia, Pacific Rhus caudata Lauterb. Rhus lamprocarpa Merr. & L.M.Perry Rhus lenticellosa Lauterb. Rhus linguata Slis Rhus sandwicensis...
- genus is a member of the Rhus complex, and has at various times been categorized as being either its own genus or a sub-genus of Rhus. There is evidence which...
- genus Rhus and related genera A ****e made from the plant Rhus coriaria Poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix (formerly classified as Rhus vernix) Sumach...
- Toxicodendron diversilobum (syn. Rhus diversiloba), commonly named Pacific poison oak or western poison oak, is a woody vine or shrub in the sumac family...
- trees, and can spread rapidly along the ground. Poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) has compound leaves with 7–15 leaflets. Poison sumac never has only three...
- been reported occasionally from contact with the related fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) and ****anese lacquer tree. These other plants are also in the...
- Rhododendron groenlandi**** (N) Rhododendron periclymenoides (N) Rhus copallinum (N) Rhus glabra (N) Rhus typhina (N) Ribes americanum (N) Ribes aureum (I) Ribes...
- ponti**** (Pontic rhododendron) - introduced Rhus (sumacs) Rhus copallina (Shining sumac) Rhus glabra (Smooth sumac) Rhus typhina (Staghorn sumac) Robinia Robinia...
- (I) Rhus aromatica var. arenaria (N) Rhus aromatica var. aromatica (N) Rhus copallinum var. latifolia (N) Rhus glabra (N) Rhus pulvinata (N) Rhus typhina...