About The Word Tupelo
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Tupelo
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What's The Definition Of Tupelo?
[n] a town in northeast Mississippi
[n] any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America [n] pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum Synonyms | Synonyms for Tupelo: tupelo tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Tupelo: See Also | black gum | genus Nyssa | gum | gum tree | Magnolia State | Mississippi | MS | Nyssa | Nyssa aquatica | Nyssa sylvatica | pepperidge | sour gum | town | tupelo | water gum | wood Tupelo In Webster's Dictionary \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American
Indian name.] (Bot.)
A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood
family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red
berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to
split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}.
{Largo tupelo}, or {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree
({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo.
{Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
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