[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vinegar \vin"egar\, n. oe. vinegre, f. vinaigre; vin wine l.
   vinum + aigre sour. see wine, and eager, a.
   1. a sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative,
      and obtained by the spontaneous acetous fermentation, or
      by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the
      like.
      1913 webster

   note: the characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic
         acid, of which it contains from three to five per cent.
         wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid, citric acid,
         etc.
         1913 webster

   2. hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically.
      1913 webster

            here's the challenge: . . . i warrant there's
            vinegar and pepper in't.              --shak.
      1913 webster

   aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly flavored with
      aromatic substances.

   mother of vinegar. see 4th mother.

   radical vinegar, acetic acid.

   thieves' vinegar. see under thief.

   vinegar eel zool., a minute nematode worm leptodera
      oxophila, or anguillula acetiglutinis, commonly found
      in great numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other
      fermenting vegetable substances; -- called also vinegar
      worm.

   vinegar lamp chem., a fanciful name of an apparatus
      designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of
      platinum.

   vinegar plant. see 4th mother.

   vinegar tree bot., the stag-horn sumac rhus typhina,
      whose acid berries have been used to intensify the
      sourness of vinegar.

   wood vinegar. see under wood.
      1913 webster
see also:
wine eager aromatic vinegar mother of vinegar mother radical vinegar 
thieves' vinegar thief vinegar eel leptodera oxophila anguillula acetiglutinis 
vinegar worm vinegar lamp vinegar plant vinegar tree rhus typhina 
wood vinegar wood 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vinegar tree
     n 1: deciduous shrubby tree or eastern north america with
          compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and
          dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by
          crimson acidic berries syn: staghorn sumac, velvet
          sumac, virginian sumac, rhus typhina
     2: common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern north america with waxy
        compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by
        red berries syn: smooth sumac, scarlet sumac, rhus
        glabra
see also:
staghorn sumac velvet sumac virginian sumac rhus typhina smooth sumac scarlet sumac 
rhus glabra 

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