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toxicodendron(dictionary)
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toxicodendron (iou)



toxicodendron noun. E18.
[mod. Latin genus or species name (see below), formed as TOXICO- + Greek dendron tree.]
Any of several N. American sumacs (genus Rhus), formerly (and still sometimes) regarded as forming a separate genus Toxicodendron; spec. the poison-oak, Rhus toxicodendron (formerly Toxicodendron toxicaria).