Rhus vernix
    n 1: smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and
         greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields
         an irritating oil [syn: poison ash, poison dogwood,
         poison sumac, Toxicodendron vernix, Rhus vernix]

Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
   country; as, Japan ware.
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   Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
      (Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
      allspice.

   Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
      varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
      naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
      called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply
      Japan.

   Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
      Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
      borneol or Borneo camphor.

   Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
      (Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
      fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
      1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
      was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
      

   Japan earth. See Catechu.

   Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
      when dry.

   Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
      the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
      poison sumac.
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