vinegar tree

n 1: deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with

compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and

dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by

crimson acidic berries [syn: {staghorn sumac}, {velvet

sumac}, {Virginian sumac}, {Rhus typhina}]

2: common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy

compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by

red berries [syn: {smooth sumac}, {scarlet sumac}, {Rhus

glabra}]