sumacade

English

Etymology

From sumac +‎ -ade.

Noun

sumacade (uncountable)

1. A sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac.
   • 1986, Kathryn G. March, The wild plant companion: a fresh understanding of herbal food and medicine:

     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.

Synonyms

• Indian lemonade
• rhus juice