HyperDic: genus_nyssa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Nyssa:
NOUNplantgenus Nyssa, Nyssatupelos
English > genus Nyssa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds.
SynonymNyssa
Member ofNyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo familyA family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
Memberstupelo, tupelo treeAny of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus nyssa, nyssa
Catalangenus nyssa, nyssa

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