The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SUMAC which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1942.
Its leaves are used in tanning crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SUMAC | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Its leaves are used in tanning
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Crossword Answer definitions
SUMAC noun- Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).
- Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus, particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and tanning leather or for medicinal purposes.
- A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the berries of tanner's sumac.
- To apply a preparation of sumac to (an object), for example, to a piece of leather to tan it.
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