nyssa capitata

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nyssa capitata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ogeechee lime \O*gee"chee lime`\ [So named from the Ogeechee
     River in Georgia.] (Bot.)
        (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species
            of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in
            Georgia and Florida.
        (b) The tree which bears this fruit.
            [1913 Webster]