| NOUN | plant | family Nyssaceae, Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family | a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees |
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| Meaning | A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees. | |
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| Synonyms | Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family | |
| Member of | Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales | Myrtaceae |
| Members | Nyssa, genus Nyssa | tupelos |
| Broader | 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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