Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun japanese_varnish_tree

2 senses of japanese varnish tree

Sense 1
varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua -- (small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained)
       => poisonous plant -- (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Sense 2
Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasol, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree, Firmiana simplex -- (deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)