Example sentences from the Web for sumach

The sumach perked its red pompon like a holiday soldier, and then flung skyward its crimson battle-flag.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863|Various
In the clearings and bordering the wood grew the sumach, that flared red at the very thought of Jack Frost's coming.
In Our Town|William Allen White
Sumach is often used alone for some classes of goat, sheep, and calf skins.
Leather|K. J. Adcock
Flaming patches of sumach adorn the edges of the rocky spots that occasionally occurred in the picture.
The Land of Lure|Elliott Smith

When galls and sumach are both prescribed, their baths should be separately made and mixed together.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

sumach

US sumac

/ (ˈsuːmæk, ˈʃuː-) /

noun

any temperate or subtropical shrub or small tree of the anacardiaceous genus Rhus, having compound leaves, clusters of green flowers, and red hairy fruitsSee also poison sumach

a preparation of powdered leaves of certain species of Rhus, esp R. coriaria, used in dyeing and tanning

the wood of any of these plants

Word Origin for sumach

C14: via Old French from Arabic summāq

Words nearby sumach

Sulu Archipelago, Sulu Sea, Sulzberger, sum, sumac, sumach, sum and substance, Sumatra, Sumatra camphor, Sumatran, Sumatran elephant

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单词	sumach
释义	Example sentences from the Web for sumach The sumach perked its red pompon like a holiday soldier, and then flung skyward its crimson battle-flag. The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863\|Various In the clearings and bordering the wood grew the sumach, that flared red at the very thought of Jack Frost's coming. In Our Town\|William Allen White Sumach is often used alone for some classes of goat, sheep, and calf skins. Leather\|K. J. Adcock Flaming patches of sumach adorn the edges of the rocky spots that occasionally occurred in the picture. The Land of Lure\|Elliott Smith When galls and sumach are both prescribed, their baths should be separately made and mixed together. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure sumach US sumac / (ˈsuːmæk, ˈʃuː-) / noun any temperate or subtropical shrub or small tree of the anacardiaceous genus Rhus, having compound leaves, clusters of green flowers, and red hairy fruitsSee also poison sumach a preparation of powdered leaves of certain species of Rhus, esp R. coriaria, used in dyeing and tanning the wood of any of these plants Word Origin for sumach C14: via Old French from Arabic summāq Words nearby sumach Sulu Archipelago, Sulu Sea, Sulzberger, sum, sumac, sumach, sum and substance, Sumatra, Sumatra camphor, Sumatran, Sumatran elephant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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