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Noun: sour gum
  1. Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant colour in early fall
    - black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica

Derived forms: sour gums

Type of: tupelo, tupelo tree

Encyclopedia: Sour gum