Definition of "sourwood" []

• A deciduous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) of the eastern United States, having drooping terminal panicles of small, white, urn-shaped flowers. Also called sorrel tree. (noun)

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• "Beekeeper-the sourwood is my favorite is there more where that came from?????"
• "Nor are those who have a "sweet tooth" forgotten, for on the west side of the French Broad river, where the sourwood is the thickest and the wild flowers most varied and luxuriant, an apiary has been placed."
• ""The things they left out were trash trees like the sourwood, which is never going to be a straight, beautiful tree.""