Nyssa

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nyssa

(ˈnɪsə)

(Plants) a tree, native to Asia and North America, that is a member of the genus Nyssa and family Cornaceae

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Nyssa - tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds

genus Nyssa

dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

family Nyssaceae, Nyssaceae, sour-gum family, tupelo family - a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees

tupelo tree, tupelo - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America

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