GENUS RHUS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • 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)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) genus Rhus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower