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sourwoods

sourwoods is the plural of sourwood.

Meaning of sourwood

Noun

sourwood (plural sourwoods)

  1. A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the genus Oxydendrum, having deep fissures in its bark, and sour-tasting leaves.
    • I let him chew the tip of a burgundy leaf and taste how sourwood got its name.2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 17
  2. An Australian tree, of the genus Hibiscus; the sorrel tree.

Questions about sourwoods

What is sourwoods the plural of?
Sourwoods is the plural of sourwood.

Words near sourwoods in the dictionary

  1. sourtop blueberry
  2. sourveld
  3. sourvelds
  4. sourweed
  5. sourwood
  6. sourwoods
  7. soury
  8. sous
  9. sous chef
  10. sous chefs
  11. sous vide

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