Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: sour-gum family
  1. A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
    - Nyssaceae, family Nyssaceae, tupelo family

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales