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sourwood
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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.

[So called from its sour-tasting leaves.]

sourwood [ˈsaʊəˌwʊd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for sorrel tree
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Noun1.sourwood - deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leavessourwood - deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary


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My two favorite stand trees are gums and sourwoods," Wade said.
All sourwoods are extremely slow-growing, that is, a foot a year.
The Tar Heel State produces a variety of honeys -- clover, cotton, blackberry, blueberry, aster and wildflower, as well as ones from the flowers of trees such as maples, willows, tulip poplars, black locusts and -- a Tar Heel favorite -- sourwoods.
 
 
 
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