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Sumac
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Spices and herbs & Sumac family plants:
Any of various
shrubs
or small
trees
of the
genus
Rhus and other
genera
in Anacardiaceae,
particularly
the elm-leaved
sumac
, Sicilian
sumac
, or
tanner's sumac
(Rhus coriaria).
●
In Spices and herbs:
Dried and chopped-up
leaves
and
stems
of a
plant
of the
genus
Rhus,
particularly
the
tanner's sumac
(
see sense
1), used for
dyeing
and
tanning
leather
or for
medicinal
purposes.
●
In Spices and herbs:
A
sour
spice
popular
in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the
berries
of tanner's sumac.
Verb
●
In Spices and herbs:
To
apply
a
preparation
of
sumac
to (an
object
),
for example
, to a
piece
of
leather
to
tan
it.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
sumac
English
sumac
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
sumach
Latin
سماق
Arabic
ܣܘܡܩ
Classical Syriac
Sourced from
Etym
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