sourwood (redirected from sourwoods)

sour·wood  (sourwd)

n.

A deciduous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) of the eastern United States, having drooping terminal panicles of small, white, urn-shaped flowers. Also called sorrel tree.

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[So called from its sour-tasting leaves.]

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sourwood - deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves Oxydendrum arboreum, sorrel tree, titi genus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum - sourwood angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary