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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sour′ gum′,

Plant Biologya tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of eastern North America, having elliptic leaves, dark-blue, berrylike fruit, and wood with a variety of commercial uses. Also called black gum, beetlebung, pepperidge. Cf. tupelo.

1775–85, American.

'sour gum' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

beetlebung - black gum - gum tree - gumtree - pepperidge

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