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What does sumac mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae.
  2. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).
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If the staff are tired of explaining for the zillionth time what sumac, alcaparrones or tarta de Santiago are, they never, ever show it.
In preparing edible sumac, the hairy coating is first removed from the berries, which are then ground to powder-like consistency.
Other favorite host plants are oaks, apple, hawthorn, birches, boxelder, willow, and sumac.
She left the road again and ran until she found another sheltered hollow in the trees and sumac, where she lay down and waited.
And you can get even better protection by avoiding poison ivy all together, as well as its cousins poison sumac and poison oak.
To help stabilize slopes, try mahonia, manzanita, Ribes, or sumac.

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