Sumac

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 106

Sumach , sū′mak, n. a genus of small trees and shrubs of the natural order An a card i aceæ —the leaves of some species used in dyeing. [Fr. sumac —Sp. zumaque —Ar. summāq .] Sumerian to Swinge fāte, fär; mē, hėr; mīne; mōte; mūte; mōōn; th en.