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

Derived forms: lacquer trees

Type of: poisonous plant

Part of: genus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron

Encyclopedia: Lacquer tree