NOUN | plant | black gum, sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall |
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plant | black gum, black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata | a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt |
Meaning | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall. | |
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Synonyms | sour gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica | |
Broader | tupelo, tupelo tree | Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America |
Meaning | A small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum. | |
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Synonyms | black mallee, black sally, Eucalytus stellulata | |
Broader | mallee | Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts |
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