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

Type of: poisonous plant

Part of: genus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron

Encyclopedia: Japanese sumac