From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Rhus verniciflua
n 1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which
lacquer is obtained [syn: varnish tree, lacquer tree,
Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese
varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron
vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua]