rhus

2 definitions found

rhus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

rhus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Rhus
      n 1: 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: Rhus,
           genus Rhus]