HyperDic: nyssaceae

English > 1 sense of the word Nyssaceae:
NOUNplantNyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo familya family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
English > Nyssaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.
Synonymsfamily Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family
Member ofMyrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order ThymelaealesMyrtaceae
MembersNyssa, genus Nyssatupelos
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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