Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of polypetalous exogens, the sole representative of the natural order Coriarieæ, shrubby natives of the Mediterranean region, India, New Zealand, and Peru.
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Examples
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Some examples are associations of Stronium graveolens with Tabebuia billbergii, Haematoxylon brasiletto with Melochia tomentosa, Libidibia coriaria with Cordia curassavica, Bursera glabra with Castela erecta, Vitex cymosa with Libidibia coraria, Mimosa cabrera with Cordia curassavica, Bursera tomentosa with Bursera graveolens, and Castela erecta with Cercidium praecox.
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Sumac Sumac is the small, dried, purplered berry of a shrubby relative Rhus coriaria of the cashew and mango trees, a native of southwest Asia.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Sumac Sumac is the small, dried, purplered berry of a shrubby relative Rhus coriaria of the cashew and mango trees, a native of southwest Asia.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Jacquin describes the _Cæsalpinia coriaria_ as a handsome branching tree, of about fifteen feet in stature, covered with a dark spotted bark.
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Cotinus_, a shrub with pale purple flowers, whereas _R. coriaria_ has greenish yellow blossoms.
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The bark of the musuemba (_Albizzia coriaria_) is largely used in the tanning of leather.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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(_Rhus coriaria_), native of the South of Europe, but which is also grown in Syria and Palestine, for its powerful astringent properties, which renders it valuable for tanning light-colored leather, and it imparts a beautiful bright yellow dye to cottons, which is rendered permanent by proper mordants.
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Russia produces good specimens of the wood of _Statice coriaria_, the leaves and bark of sumach, the bark of the wild pomegranate, yellow berries, _Madia sativa_, saffron, safflower and madder roots for dyeing purposes.
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It is neither a phyllanthus, nor a coriaria, as M. Willdenouw conjectured, but, as M. Kunth's researches show, very probably a strychnos.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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It is neither a phyllanthus, nor a coriaria, as M. Willdenouw conjectured, but, as M. Kunth’s researches show, very probably
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