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Definition of Nyssa sylvatica
1. Noun. Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyssa Sylvatica
Literary usage of Nyssa sylvatica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) Sour Gum, Black Gum, Tu- Wild
Pear Tree, Yellow Gum pelo (local and common Tree ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Pepperidge. nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Arb. Am. 97. 1785. ...
nyssa sylvatica var. biflora Sargent. Sylva, 5: 76. Nyssa biflora Walt. ..."
3. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"SOUR GUM, BLACK GUM, PEPPERIDGE OR TUPELO. (nyssa sylvatica) A forest tree up to
no feet high; in wet lands. Wood pale, very trong, tough, ..."
4. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"Black gum (nyssa sylvatica) is also abundant among the pines, and is sometimes
nearly as tall. Undergrowth dense, consisting largely of small red maple ..."
5. The Important Timber Trees of the United States: A Manual of Practical by Simon Bolivar Elliott (1912)
"The three important species are Black Gum (nyssa sylvatica, ... BLACK GUM : Nyssa
sylvatica THERE is great lack of uniformity in names given to this tree. ..."
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