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nyssas

nyssas is the plural of nyssa.

Meaning of nyssa

Noun

nyssa (plural nyssas)

  1. A tree of the genus Nyssa.
    • Like other nyssas, it is in nature a creature of swampy places and looks loveliest where massed close to water and reflected in it, but justifies itself elsewhere if the soil is moist and acid, succeeding in wet clay.1975, Peter N. Barber, Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips, The Trees Around Us, page 101

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Questions about nyssas

What is nyssas the plural of?
Nyssas is the plural of nyssa.

Words near nyssas in the dictionary

  1. NYSE
  2. NYSP
  3. NYSPI
  4. nyssa
  5. nyssaceous
  6. nyssas
  7. nystagmic
  8. nystagmiform
  9. nystagmogram
  10. nystagmograms
  11. nystagmographic

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