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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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sour gum

—n
	See also tupelo Compare sweet gum black gum, Also called: pepperidge a cornaceous tree, Nyssa sylvatica, of the eastern US, having glossy leaves, soft wood, and sour purplish fruits

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