Noun japanese varnish tree has 2 senses
- varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
--1 is a kind of poisonous plant
--1 is a member of Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron
- Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasol, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree, Firmiana simplex - deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
--2 is a kind of tree
--2 is a member of Firmiana, genus Firmiana
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