Noun vinegar tree has 2 senses
- staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, Virginian sumac, vinegar tree, Rhus typhina - deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries
--1 is a kind of sumac, sumach, shumac
- smooth sumac, scarlet sumac, vinegar tree, Rhus glabra - common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
--2 is a kind of sumac, sumach, shumac
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