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sourwood

[souuh r-woo d, sou-er-]
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noun
  1. sorrel tree.
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Origin of sourwood

First recorded in 1700–10; sour + wood1
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Examples from the Web for sourwood

Historical Examples

  • The sourwood tree at its best is fifty or sixty feet high and from twelve to eighteen inches in diameter.

    American Forest Trees

    Henry H. Gibson

  • Sourwood is not abundant anywhere, and seldom are more than a few trees found in a group.

    American Forest Trees

    Henry H. Gibson

  • They chose seven men to go, and gave each a sourwood rod a hand-breadth long.

  • Local bards also compose for themselves such stirring ditties as Sourwood Mounting.

    The Southern South

    Albert Bushnell Hart

British Dictionary definitions for sourwood

sourwood

noun
  1. another name for sorrel tree
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