noun
a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
• Syn: ↑family Nyssaceae, ↑sour-gum family, ↑tupelo family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Nyssa, ↑genus Nyssa
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\\nə̇ˈsāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of dicotyledonous trees (order Myrtales) containing the sour gums and having alternate leaves without stipules, inconspicuous greenish flowers in small heads, a 1- or 2-locular ovary, and the fruit a drupe
Useful english dictionary. 2012.