Toxicodendron Vernicifluum (Noun)
Meaning
Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Toxicodendron vernicifluum, a plant with milky sap that flows white before it is air-oxidized and polymerized, dries, turns into brown.
- Poisonous, to say nothing of dermatitic consequences: Japanese urushiol found primarily on trees lacquer poison oak poison ivy poison sumac and its equally noxious relative Toxicodendron vernicifluum.
- Toxicodendron vernicifluum, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the seeds alone are used, being believed to have analgesic, anthelmintic, and sedative properties.
- Japanese Lacquer, the tree from which the resin is derived, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, is often translated as 'Mechoir tree'.
- Some urushi contains Toxicodendron vernicifluum sap, with its toxicity becoming stable once it's fully polymerized, as for example when applied as a finish to wood or other materials.
Synonyms
- Japanese Sumac
- Japanese Lacquer Tree
- Japanese Varnish Tree
- Chinese Lacquer Tree
- Rhus Verniciflua
- Varnish Tree
- Lacquer Tree