sumach

sumach is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.
2. noun. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
3. noun. a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

   Synonyms: shumac, sumac

Synonyms

shumac, sumac

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sumach:

cumsha, shumac

Common word forms

sumachs

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