Definition of "cotinus" []

• Smoke trees (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The limestone communities have a smaller number of forest types but cover a larger area with communities of spruce and fern, spruce in beech, coppiced hornbeam with sumac Rhus cotinus, Italian maple Acer obtusatum and heather Erica spp."
• "She is seen here in the nursery with other new additions to the garden, cotinus leaves and an eight ball squash leaf casting."
• "Purple smoke tree, cotinus coggygria, has enchanting airy blooms, but even coppiced the leaf color casts a spell when the sun can shine through the leaves."