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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A forest-tree of the Fijian Islands, Semecarpus Vitiensis, belonging to the sumac family: called
kau-karo (itch-tree) by the natives. It has an acrid, poisonous milky juice and produces an eruption on the skin like that caused by Rhus Vernix.
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