HyperDic: tupelo_family

English > 1 sense of the expression tupelo family:
NOUNplanttupelo family, Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum familya family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
English > tupelo family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.
SynonymsNyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum family
Member ofMyrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order ThymelaealesMyrtaceae
MembersNyssa, genus Nyssatupelos
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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