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Noun: Japanese lacquer tree
  1. Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
    "Artisans harvested sap from the Japanese lacquer tree to make traditional lacquerware";
    - varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua

Type of: poisonous plant

Part of: genus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron

Encyclopedia: Japanese lacquer tree