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sumacade

sumacade noun: a sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac.

Noun

sumacade (uncountable)

  1. A sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac.
    • The fruits are rinsed and pressed in cold water, which is strained for a pleasant sour drink, sumacade; the leaves are dried and smoked in pipes alone or with tobacco or other herbs and are a bland and pleasant enough smoke, possibly less injurious than regular tobacco.1986, Kathryn G. March, The wild plant companion: a fresh understanding of herbal food and medicine

Synonyms of sumacade

Origin of sumacade

From sumac + -ade.

Questions about sumacade

What does sumacade mean?
Sumacade means a sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac.
What part of speech is sumacade?
Sumacade is a noun.

Words near sumacade in the dictionary

  1. sum1
  2. Suma
  3. sumac
  4. sumac wax
  5. sumac waxes
  6. sumacade
  7. sumaced
  8. sumacetamol
  9. sumach
  10. sumached
  11. sumaches

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