漆树科为植物界之一植物科。该植物于植物分类表上，归于被子植物门（Angiospermae）双子叶植物纲（Magnoliopsida）无患子目（Sapindales）。

本科植物都是乔木或灌木，树皮多含有树脂；叶常互生，有单叶、奇数羽状复叶或三小叶掌状复叶；花小，两性或单性，辐射对称，成顶生或腋生圆锥花序，萼片和花瓣各有3-5枚，或缺少花瓣，雄蕊常10枚，有环状的花盘，子房上位，常为一室，仅有一个胚珠发育；果实多为核果。

The Anacardiaceae (the cashew or sumac family) are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. The Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew (in the type genus Anacardium), mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, marula, yellow mombin, and cuachalalate. The genus Pistacia (which includes the pistachio and mastic tree) usually is now included, but has sometimes been placed in its own family, Pistaciaceae.