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black gum U.S.
(Also hyphened and as one word.)
[black a. 6.]
A North American tree of the genus Nyssa. Also attrib.
1709Lawson Carolina 95 Of the Black Gum there grows, with us, two sorts. 1785Washington Diary 28 Feb. (1925) II. 346 Planted all the..Blackgums in my Serpentine Walks. 1868[see gum n.2 5]. 1868Amer. Naturalist II. 122 When mast is not plenty, they [sc. bears] lap black-gum berries. 1901C. Mohr Plant Life Alabama 32 Chestnut..and black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) are common. |