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
How To Use Nyssa sylvatica In A Sentence
- Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica Marshall.), red maple, and sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.) occupied the subcanopy, and mountain laurel dominated the understory.
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