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beetlebung

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bee⋅tle⋅bung

  [beet-l-buhng]
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–noun
sour gum.

sour gum

 
–noun
a 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.
Compare tupelo.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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