Sumac Definition

so͝omak, zho͝omak
noun
Any of various shrubs and small trees (genus Rhus) of the cashew family, including poison sumac and several nonpoisonous plants.
Webster's New World
The pulverized dried leaves of some of these nonpoisonous plants (esp. Rhus coriaria), used in tanning and dyeing.
Webster's New World
The wood of any of these plants.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sumac

Noun

Singular:
sumac
Plural:
sumacs

Origin of Sumac

  • Middle English preparation made from sumac from Old French (possibly via Medieval Latin sumach) from Arabic summāq sumac tree from Aramaic dark red from səmaq to be red smq in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French sumac, from Medieval Latin sumach, from Arabic سُمَّاق"Ž (summāq), from Classical Syriac ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqāʾ, “red; sumac").

    From Wiktionary

Sumac Sentence Examples

  • Those are sumac bushes.

  • The berries grow on the sumac shrubs and are harvested in the fall.

  • Thus the protoand per-salts of iron, as well as the protoand per-salts of tin, including also a large variety of tannin, sumac, divi-divi, chestnut, valonia, the acacias (Areca Catechu and Acacia Catechu from India), from which are obtained cutch and gambier, &c., are no longer used solely as mordants or tinctorial matters, but mainly to serve the object of converting the silk into a greatly-expanded fibre, consisting of a conglomeration of more or less of these substances."

  • Our version includes crushed organic thyme, non-organic sumac, organic toasted sesame seeds and sea salt.

  • Sumac berries are typically harvested and made into a medicinal tea.

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CACMAC

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