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Meaning of RHUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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)
 
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 Synonyms: genus Rhus
 
 See Also: Anacardiaceae, dicot genus, family Anacardiaceae, magnoliopsid genus, shumac, sumac, sumac family, sumach

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhus\, n. [L., sumac, fr. Gr. ???.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs and small treets. See {Sumac}.
 
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