NOUN | plant | tupelo family, Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum 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, family Nyssaceae, sour-gum 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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