Definitions
1.NounAny of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and certain other genera in Anacardiaceae.
particularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac)"."
2.Nounparticularly, one of species Rhus coriaria (tanner's sumac)"."
3.NounDried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes.
4.NounA sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac.
5.VerbTo apply a preparation of sumac to (an object), for example, to a piece of leather to tan it.
6.NounAlternative form of soumak.