sour+gum

  • 21gum tree — gum′ tree n. pln any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum …

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  • 22Sour tupelo — Tupelo Tu pe*lo, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult… …

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  • 23gum tree — noun any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum • Syn: ↑gum • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑liquidambar, ↑eucalyptus, ↑eucalypt, ↑eucalyptus tree …

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  • 24gum tree — 1. any tree that exudes gum, as a eucalyptus, the sour gum, or the sweet gum. 2. any of various other gum yielding trees, as the sapodilla. [1670 80, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 25gum-tree — n. 1. Black gum, sour gum (Nyssa multiflora). 2. [U. S.] Sweet gum, liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflora) …

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  • 26black gum — ☆ black gum n. a tall, deciduous tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) with sour purple fruits and leaves that turn scarlet in the fall, found in moist forests of the E U.S. * * * or sour gum Most widely distributed tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica, also known as… …

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  • 27black gum — Tupelo Tu pe*lo, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Tupelo gum — Tupelo Tu pe*lo, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29black-gum — n. Sour gum, yellow gum (Nyssa villosa) …

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  • 30black gum — black′ gum′ n. pln sour gum …

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