vinegar tree

vinegar tree
noun
1. common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
Hypernyms: ↑sumac, ↑sumach, ↑shumac
2. deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
Hypernyms: ↑sumac, ↑sumach, ↑shumac

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noun
: a sumac with acid berries sometimes used to intensify the sourness of vinegar; especially : staghorn sumac

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  • vinegar-tree — rūgštusis žagrenis statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Rhus typhina angl. hirsute sumac; staghorn sumac; velvet sumac; vinegar tree vok. Essigbaum; Hirschkolben Sumach; Kolben Sumach rus. сумах оленерогий; сумах пушистый; сумах уксусный… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

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  • Vinegar plant — Vinegar Vin e*gar, n. [OE. vinegre, F. vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See {Wine}, and {Eager}, a.] 1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Aromatic vinegar — Vinegar Vin e*gar, n. [OE. vinegre, F. vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See {Wine}, and {Eager}, a.] 1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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