[ noun ] deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) <noun.plant>
Rhus \Rhus\, n. [L., sumac, fr. Gr. ???.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and small treets. See {Sumac}.