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Poison ivy

noun

Dermatitis resulting from contact with the poison ivy plant.

Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact. Synonyms: markweed, poison mercury, poison oak, Rhus radicans, Toxicodendron radicans.

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... accident policy in the Wabash Mutual Internecine Association of Indiana. I liked Smith, and I felt that I ought to be candid with him. I told him that it was pretty generally agreed by the medical profession that when a person once got a dose of poison ivy it remained in his system for seven years, during which period it worked its baleful offices off and on with varying malignance. I recognized the fact that I had a valid claim on the Wabash company for fifty dollars a week for seven years; that the total amount of money due ...

— The House - An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice • Eugene Field

... keep away from the barn, the live stock, the railroad, the ponds, and the cisterns. They would not ride their wheels, climb trees, nor go off the Maclntyre premises, and they would keep a sharp lookout for snakes and poison ivy, in case they went into ...

— Two Little Knights of Kentucky • Annie Fellows Johnston

Words linked to "Poison ivy" : Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron, poisonous plant, Rhus dermatitis