sour-gum family

Definitions of sour-gum family
  1. noun
    a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
    synonyms: Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, tupelo family
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    type of:
    dicot family, magnoliopsid family
    family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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