Editing Sumac (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''sumac'' traces its etymology from Old French ''sumac'' (13th century), from Mediaeval Latin ''sumach'', from Arabic ''{{transliteration|ar|summāq}}'' ({{lang|ar|سماق}}), from [[Syriac language|Syriac]] ''{{transliteration|syc|summāqa}}'' ([[wikt:ܣܘܡܩܐ|ܣܘܡܩܐ]])- meaning "red".<ref>{{cite web |title=sumac |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/sumac |website=www.etymonline.com |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The generic name ''Rhus'' derives from [[Ancient Greek]] ῥοῦς (''rhous''), meaning "sumac", of unknown etymology; the suggestion that it is connected with the verb ῥέω (''rheō''), "to flow", is now rejected by scholars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/rhus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319095138/https://www.lexico.com/definition/rhus|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2022|title=Rhus &#124; Definition of Rhus by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Rhus|website=Lexico Dictionaries &#124; English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BF%A5%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CF%82|title=ῥοῦς - Ancient Greek (LSJ) 👍|website=lsj.gr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-TiIMgrLCgC&q=%E1%BF%A5%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CF%82&pg=PA146|title=Hippocratic Recipes: Oral and Written Transmission of Pharmacological Knowledge in Fifth- And Fourth-Century Greece|first=Laurence M. V.|last=Totelin|date=October 10, 2009|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-9004171541|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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File:Sumac-Drupes.JPG|Drupes of a staghorn sumac in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
File:Rhus typhina.JPG|A young branch of staghorn sumac
File:Rhus copallinum.jpg|Winged sumac leaves and flowers
File:Rhus sp hybrid SRIC SR 00-05-19.jpg|''[[Rhus]]'' hybrid fossil – about 49.5&nbsp;million years old, Early [[Ypresian]], [[Klondike Mountain Formation]],  Washington
File:Sumaq.jpg|Iranian sumac
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