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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).


poison oak [′pȯizĀ·ən ′ōk]
(botany)
Any of several bushy poison ivy plants or shrubby poison sumacs.


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Remember it is possible to get poison oaks from your pet, but typically, it is not readily contracted from human to human.
 
 
 
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