Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small deciduous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) in the heath family that is native to the eastern United States and has drooping panicles of small white urn-shaped flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Oxydendrum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The sorrel tree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
North American deciduous shrubby tree , of the genus Oxydendrum, having deepfissures in itsbark , andsour tasting leaves - noun An
Australian tree, of the genusHibiscus ; the sorrel tree
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Beekeeper-the sourwood is my favorite is there more where that came from?????
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Nor are those who have a "sweet tooth" forgotten, for on the west side of the French Broad river, where the sourwood is the thickest and the wild flowers most varied and luxuriant, an apiary has been placed.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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"The things they left out were trash trees like the sourwood, which is never going to be a straight, beautiful tree."
Slashfood Hanna Raskin 2010
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He did tell me today the sourwood and blackberry is all gone but he still has a good supply of some of the other flavors.
Tonight with dinner I had 2 big cat head biscuits buttered with a large amount of Beekeeper's honey. 2009
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He did tell me today the sourwood and blackberry is all gone but he still has a good supply of some of the other flavors.
Tonight with dinner I had 2 big cat head biscuits buttered with a large amount of Beekeeper's honey. 2009
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The sourwood honey crop is often affected by rain and gloomy weather.
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The sourwood honey crop is often affected by rain and gloomy weather.
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I plan to take all the sourwood and blackberry he has left for immediate disposal.
Tonight with dinner I had 2 big cat head biscuits buttered with a large amount of Beekeeper's honey. 2009
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The sourwood and blackberry are flavors new to me and likely the best I ever tasted.
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The sourwood and blackberry are flavors new to me and likely the best I ever tasted.
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