释义 |
‖ rhus|rʌs| [late L. rhūs, a. Gr. ῥοῦς.] A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly poisonous, especially abundant at the Cape of Good Hope; a plant of this genus, a sumach.
1611Florio, Rus, the sumach or Rhus-tree. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. i. 621 He then of Rhus and Rhododendron speaks, And Allium calls his onions and his leeks. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 485 Rhus typhina, Fever Rhus, or Stag's-Horn Sumach... Rhus copallina (Gum-Copal or Mastich-leaved Rhus). 1883Harper's Mag. Jan. 194/1 Vast quantities of poisonous plants (especially rhus). b. A drug obtained from the sumach.
1878Practitioner XXI. 448 Treatment of Rhus-poisoning. |