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Jeopardy gets it right
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 wrote in : 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". |
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Jeopardy gets it right
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. basilisk |
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