water gum

noun

A plant, Tristaniopsis laurina.

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kanookaNyssa aquatica
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Meanings

nounwater gum (countable and uncountable, plural water gums)

plural water gums

  1. countableuncountableA plant, Tristaniopsis laurina.

    Synonyms: kanooka

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA plant, Tristaniopsis laurina.

Similar
kanooka

More synonyms by meaning

nouncolumnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood

Similar
Nyssa aquatica
Broader
tupelotupelo tree
Also see
kanooka

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

water gum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20gum

MLA

“water gum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20gum. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water gum,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20gum.

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