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Definition of Genus Oxydendrum
1. Noun. Sourwood.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Oxydendrum Arboreum, Sorrel Tree, Sourwood, Titi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oxydendrum
Literary usage of Genus Oxydendrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus OXYDENDRUM, DC. (0. arboreum) SOURWOOD The heath family is world-wide in
distribution, consisting of more than fifty genera, with over a thousand ..."
2. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"SOUR-WOOD. Oxydendrum arboreum, (Linnaeus) De Candolle. GENUS DESCRIPTION—Tbc
Sour-wood is the sole representative of the genus Oxydendrum. ..."
3. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"Leaves deciduous; flowers small, numerous, in terminal compound racemes; fruit
a conical 5-celled capsule. 3. Genus OXYDENDRUM, DC. ..."
4. The Trees of Northeastern America: Illustrations from Original Sketches by Charles Stedman Newhall (1890)
"Genus OXYDENDRUM, DC (Sorrel Tree.) From two Greek words meaning sour and tree.
Fig. 21.—Sorrel Tree, Sour Wood. ..."
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