Rhus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Rhus
       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) [syn: {genus
           Rhus}]