sumacade en · NOUN
Etymology
From sumac + -ade.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A sweetened drink made with the drupes of the sumac.
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.
1986, Kathryn G. March, The wild plant companion: a fresh understanding of herbal food and medicine: