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Word: Poisonwood
Speech Type: Noun
late 17th century. From poison + wood
More fully "poisonwood tree". Any of several kinds of poisonous tree: (a) the poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix; (b) a related tree, Metopium toxiferum (family Anacardiaceae), of Florida and the West Indies (also called burnwood, coral sumac); (c) a small tree, Gymnanthes lucida (family Euphorbiaceae), native to Florida and the West Indies.
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