poison dogwood

What does poison dogwood mean?

poison dogwood means "smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil".

What is another word for poison dogwood?

Close synonyms include poison ash, poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix, Rhus vernix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poison dogwood a common word?

poison dogwood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poison dogwood come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.