You have to wonder how its usage continued after the first contact with it.
The stuff is the same as that found in poison ivy, oak, & sumac - uroshiol.
Hence the name Toxicodendron_vernicifluum.
>>Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> On Jeopardy tonight, there was a question about a sealer with the same
>> name as a tree. The contestant answered shellac. Alex said the answer
>> was lacquer.
>And he is correct.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_vernicifluum aka "Chinese Lacquer Tree".
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:50:19 GMT, Joe wrote:
> You have to wonder how its usage continued after the first contact with it.
> The stuff is the same as that found in poison ivy, oak, & sumac - uroshiol.
> Hence the name Toxicodendron_vernicifluum.
>
Maybe not everyone is susceptible, I could bath in poison ivy sap and
not be affected.
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