Poisonwood

noun

1. A poisonous tree <em>(Metopium toxiferum)</em> of southern Florida and the West Indies, having pinnately compound leaves, yellow-green flowers, and yellow-orange fruit, and causing a rash on contact.
2. A small poisonous tree, <em>Rhus Metopium</em>, of the West Indies and southern Florida, whose bark yields upon incision a gum with emetic, purgative, and diuretic properties. Also called <em>burnwood, coral-sumac, mountain manchineel,hog-plum</em>,etc.
3. A small euphorbiaceous tree, <em>Sebastiania lucida</em>, of the same habitat
4. Metopium toxiferum, a <xref>species</xref> of <xref>tree</xref> found in the <xref>American</xref> <xref>neotropics</xref> known for producing the irritant <xref>urushiol</xref>.