Tupelo definition

to͝opə-lō, tyo͝o-
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The fine-textured wood of such a tree, used for mallets, furniture, etc.
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Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa of Asia and the eastern United States, having simple alternate leaves and small flowers.
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The light wood of any of these trees.
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A city of northeast Mississippi north-northwest of Jackson. It was the site of a Civil War battle (July 14, 1864) in which Union forces defeated the Confederate troops led by Gen. Nathan B. Forrest.
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Any of a genus (Nyssa) of the sour-gum family of tall North American trees found in moist forests or swamps, including the black gum and cotton gum.
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Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States.
  • (in particular) Nyssa aquatica.
  • (in particular) Nyssa multiflora, a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.
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Noun

Singular:
tupelo
Plural:
tupelos

Origin of tupelo

  • Probably Creek 'topilwa íto tree opílwa swamp

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Creek.

    From Wiktionary

Tupelo Sentence Examples

  • During the night of the 29th of May Beauregard evacuated the place (which was occupied by the Federals on the following day), and re-established his line at Tupelo.

  • The Austroriparian zone has the long-leaf and loblolly pines, magnolia and live oak on the uplands, and the bald cypress, tupelo and cane in the swamps; and in the semi-tropical Gulf strip are the cabbage palmetto and Cuban pine; here, too, Sea Island cotton and tropical fruits are successfully cultivated.

  • Ash, oaks, black and sweet gums, chestnuts, hickories, hard maple, beech, walnut and short-leaf pine are noteworthy among the trees of the Carolinian area; the tupelo and bald cypress of the embayment region, and long-leaf and loblolly pines, pecans and live oaks of the uplands, among those characteristic of the Austro-riparian.

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  • The most common species in the alluvial regions and, to a less degree, in the drier portions of the swamps and in the stream bottoms of the prairies are various oaks, black, sweet and tupelo gum, holly, cotton-wood, poplar, magnolia sweet bay, the tulip tree, catalpa, black walnut, pecans, hickories, ash, beech and short-leaf pine.

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