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Noun: Rhus
  1. 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)
    - genus Rhus

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

Part of: Anacardiaceae, family Anacardiaceae, sumac family

Encyclopedia: Rhus

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rhotic
rh-positive
Rh-positive blood type
RHS
rhubarb
rhubarb pie
rhubarb plant
rhumb
rhumb line
rhumba
Rhus
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallina
Rhus dermatitis
Rhus diversiloba
Rhus glabra
Rhus laurina
Rhus ovata
Rhus quercifolia
Rhus radicans
Rhus rhodanthema