Definition of Family Nyssaceae

1. Noun. A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Nyssaceae

family Nautilidae
family Nepenthaceae
family Nephropsidae
family Nepidae
family Neritidae
family Nidulariaceae
family Nitrobacteriaceae
family Noctuidae
family Nostocaceae
family Notonectidae
family Notoryctidae
family Nummulitidae
family Nyctaginaceae
family Nymphaeaceae
family Nymphalidae
family Nyssaceae (current term)
family Ochnaceae
family Ochotonidae
family Octopodidae
family Odobenidae
family Odontaspididae
family Oedogoniaceae
family Oestridae
family Ogcocephalidae
family Oleaceae
family Oleandraceae
family Onagraceae
family Oniscidae
family Ophidiidae
family Ophiodontidae

Literary usage of Family Nyssaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family NYSSACEAE. Tupelo Family. A very small family yielding the important tupelo-gum or black-gum lumber; the following one of the best of autumn coloring ..."

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