poison sumac

Questions about poison sumac

What does poison sumac mean?

poison sumac means "dermatitis resulting from contact with a poison sumac plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for poison sumac?

Close synonyms include poison ash, poison dogwood, 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 sumac a common word?

poison sumac is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.