Definition of "shumac" []

• Dated form of sumac. (noun)

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• "Hugging the coast, which is fringed with tamarisk and an occasional shumac, we come next to Porto Secco, another tiny settlement among vegetable gardens."
• "Now, Mr. Granger had a head as red as a shumac bush; and when she carried the candle close to the beds to take another tally, there was thirteen children, sure enough, but if there wa'n't a red-headed Granger right in amongst our boys in the turn-up bedstead!"
• "The azalia, the shumac, and every variety of that beautiful mischief, the kalmia, are in equal profusion."