nyssa : Idioms & Phrases
genus nyssa
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noun tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
Nyssa.
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nyssa aquatica
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noun columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood
water gum.
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nyssa sylvatica
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noun columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
black gum; pepperidge; sour gum.