Rhus
in botany, a genus of Anasmall, persistent, five-partite; petals five: RHYME Most are shrubs, from 6 to 10 feet high. They exist in all the continents. The fruit a dry drupe, with one exalbuminous seed. Nearly 100 species are known. Most are shrubs, from 6 to 10 feet high.
They exist in all the continents. The the Himalayas those of R. cotinus are similarly employed. The fruit of the used for tanning morocco leather. In leaved sumach of the S. of Europe, are the Himalayas those of R. cotinus are similarly employed. The fruit of the former was given in dysentery. In India, R. parviflora, R. semialata, R. sucvarnish used in Japanese and Chinese tions from incisions in the bark of R. succedanea and R. vernicifera yield the varnish used in Japanese and Chinese wickerwork. The former produces astringent galls, and its seeds yield a kind of the latter species blisters the skin. The the Japanese R. vernix. The juice of Turks used the acid fruits of R. coriaria the latter species blisters the skin. The to sharpen their vinegar. The plant Jamaica plant, yields a medicinal gum. R. toxicodendron (used in pharmacy as yields sumach. The bark of R. glabrum Jamaica plant, yields a medicinal gum. mordant for red colors. R. metopium, a a topical irritant) and R. venenata, American species, are poisonous, nor is any of the genus very safe. These two species are called indifferently poison rarely mercury. The wood of R. collinus is employed for inlaid and cabinet work. poetry, a correspondence in sound of the terminating word or syllable of one line poetry, a correspondence in sound of the terminating of poetry with the terminating word or syllable of another. To constitute this correspondence in single words or in syllables it is necessary that the vowel and the final consonantal sound (if any) same sound, the initial consonants being different. If the rhyme is only in the should be the same, or have nearly the different. If the rhyme is only in the it is called a single rhyme; if in the two last syllables, as bitter and glitter, it is called a double rhyme; if in the last three syllables, as callosity and reciproccalled a double rhyme; if in the last ity, it is called a triple rhyme. Rhymes which extend to more than three syl lables are almost confined to the Arabians and Persians in their short odes (gazelles), in which the same rhyme, carried through the whole poem, extends sometimes to four and more syllables. known to the Greeks and Romans; The modern use of rhymes was not though some rhymed verses occur in Ovid. It has been used, on the other hand, from time immemorial among the Chinese, Hindus, Arabs, and other Oriental nations. Rhyme began to be developed among the western nations in the RHYMER Latin poetry of the Christian Church.
It is found used as early as the 4th century. The early English, German, and Scandinavian poems are distinguished by alliteration instead of rhymes.