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poison oak

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poison oak: see poison ivy poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac, woody vines and trailing or erect shrubs of the family Anacardiaceae ( sumac family), native to North America.
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poison oak

Species of poison ivy (Toxicodendron diversilobum) native to western North America and classified in the sumac (or cashew) family. Like many other lobe-leafed plants commonly called oak, poison oak is not an oak tree (genus Quercus).



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