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NYSSA AQUATICA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood
Synonyms:
Nyssa aquatica; water gum
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Hypernyms ("Nyssa aquatica" is a kind of...):
tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)