Japanese lacquer tree

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Japanese lacquer tree - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtainedChinese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, varnish treegenus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron - in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South Americapoisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism