Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nyssa_sylvatica

1 sense of nyssa sylvatica

Sense 1
sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica -- (columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall)
       => tupelo, tupelo tree -- (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)