genus nyssa

Noun
  1. Tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds (synset 112360719)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: tupelo, tupelo tree - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
    belongs to: family nyssaceae, nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family - a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
    same as: nyssa

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