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Tox·i·co·den·dron | \ ˌtäk-si-kō-ˈden-ˌdrän 
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\Medical Definition of Toxicodendron
: a genus of shrubs and trees of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae) that includes poison ivy and related plants when they are split off from the genus Rhus
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