Sour-gum Family (Noun)
Meaning
A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The sour-gum family, Nyssaceae, is a small group of flowering plants native to eastern Asia and eastern North America.
- Scientists have been studying the characteristics of the sour-gum family to better understand its relation to other plant families.
- Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as the blackgum, is one of the species belonging to the sour-gum family.
- The sour-gum family consists of only a few genera, including Nyssa and Camptostylus.
- Researchers have identified several unique features that distinguish the sour-gum family from other families within the order Myrtales.