Japanese varnish tree, n.
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
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Chinese parasol Chinese parasol tree Firmiana simplex Japanese varnish tree phoenix tree
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
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Chinese lacquer tree Japanese lacquer tree Japanese sumac Japanese varnish tree Rhus verniciflua Toxicodendron vernicifluum lacquer tree varnish tree