Sumacade
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac. uncountable
"The fruits are rinsed and pressed in cold water, which is strained for a pleasant sour drink, sumacade; the leaves are dried and smoked in pipes alone or with tobacco or other herbs and are a bland and pleasant enough smoke, possibly less injurious than regular tobacco."
Example
More examples"The fruits are rinsed and pressed in cold water, which is strained for a pleasant sour drink, sumacade; the leaves are dried and smoked in pipes alone or with tobacco or other herbs and are a bland and pleasant enough smoke, possibly less injurious than regular tobacco."
Etymology
From sumac + -ade.
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