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Tupelo n. (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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Etymology of 'Tupelo'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Guntersville and opposite the Fearin property. The entrance is at the foot of a bluff overlooking a strip of bottom land a fourth of a mile wide, but the opening is above any flood that has occurred since the country was settled. At the foot of the slope is a bayou filled with Tupelo gums. Between this and the river ...

— Archeological Investigations - Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 • Gerard Fowke

Words linked to "Tupelo" : Nyssa, tupelo family, gum, gum tree, sour gum, tupelo tree, pepperidge, genus Nyssa, black gum, Mississippi, water gum, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa sylvatica, wood