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noun • a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer • a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and in various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar | ||||
| 47% | 13 | Family that includes poison oak, poison ivy, and poison sumac | ||
noun • the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac | ||||
| 47% | 13 | Genus of plants that includes poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac | ||
noun • in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America | ||||
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