sour-gum_family (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *sour-gum family*:
NOUN	plant	sour-gum family, Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, tupelo family	a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees

English > *sour-gum family*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.
Synonyms	Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, 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

HyperDic: sour-gum_family