WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Japanese varnish tree
    n 1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which
         lacquer is obtained [syn: varnish tree, lacquer tree,
         Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese
         varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron
         vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua]
    2: 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: Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasol,
       Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree, Firmiana simplex]