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Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
Answer for the clue "Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves ", 8 letters:
sourwood
Word definitions for sourwood in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree , titi , Oxydendrum arboreum ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s?r sour. See Sour .] (Bot.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex , as Rumex Acetosa , Rumex Acetosella , etc. Mountain sorrel . (Bot.) See under Mountain ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the genus (taxlink Oxydendrum genus noshow=1), having deep fissures in its bark, and sour tasting leaves 2 An Australian tree, of the genus ''Hibiscus''; the (vern: sorrel tree)
Usage examples of sourwood.
Ash with the raw liver to strengthen her blood, Ark rubbed the meat with dark spices and sourwood and set it to roast.
Down each edge ran a row of curved barbs, and a couple of inches of sourwood shaft still remained in the band-socket, held by an iron pin.
Their eyes were almond-shaped, and their hair ranged from the rich brown of sourwood honey to glossy black.
Thirty yards in, I climbed onto a fallen sourwood, drew my feet to my bum, and gazed up at the sky.
He tried cleaning it by filling its barrel with seven thin sourwood wands and soaking it in the river overnight, but still it would not hit a target.
He stood with a gnarled old staff, a bit of sourwood into which iron thorns had been pounded.
The russet of the sourwood trees and the yellow of the ground honeysuckle emphasized the different tones of greens: the whole scene was composed and serene to her artist's eye.
She helped herself to toast, grits, eggs over easy, another banana, and sourwood honey that the governor of North Carolina had sent last Christmas to slyly remind the Crimms that the Tar Heel state was far superior to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
My touch upon the bark told me that, but this mountainside, as all through the hills, was covered with a variety of trees: chestnut, oaks of several kinds, tulip trees, red maple, sourwood, and many others.