| chinese parasol tree | (n) deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods, Syn. Firmiana simplex, Chinese parasol, phoenix tree, Japanese varnish tree |
| varnish tree | (n) small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained, Syn. Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Rhus verniciflua, Japanese lacquer tree |