sourwood
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sour·wood
(sour′wo͝od′)n.
A small deciduous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) in the heath family that is native to the eastern United States and has drooping panicles of small white urn-shaped flowers. Also called sorrel tree.
[So called from its sour-tasting leaves.]
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sourwood
(ˈsaʊəˌwʊd)n
(Plants) another name for sorrel tree
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sor′rel tree`
n.
a North American tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, of the heath family, having leaves with an acid flavor and drooping clusters of white flowers. Also called sourwood.
[1680–90, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  sourwood - deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leavesgenus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum - sourwood angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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