1. in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America; [syn: Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Toxicodendron
n 1: in some classifications: comprising those members of the
genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch;
of North America and northern South America [syn:
Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron]