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Noun: sourwood  'saw(-u)r,wûd
  1. Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
    "Beekeepers prized sourwood honey for its distinctive flavour";
    - sorrel tree, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum

Derived forms: sourwoods

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum

Encyclopedia: Sourwood