| NOUN | plant | Nyssa, genus Nyssa | tupelos |
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| Sounds | nih'sah | |
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| Rhymes | balsa ... Walesa: 36 rhymes with sah... | |
| Meaning | tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds. | |
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| Synonym | genus Nyssa | |
| Member of | Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family | A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees |
| Members | tupelo, tupelo tree | Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | genus nyssa, nyssa | |
| Catalan | genus nyssa, nyssa | |
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