tupelo : Idioms & Phrases

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Largo tupelo, ∨ Tupelo gum

  • (Bot.), an American tree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
Webster 1913

Sour tupelo

  • (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
Webster 1913

tupelo family

  • noun a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
    family Nyssaceae; Nyssaceae; sour-gum family.
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tupelo tree

  • noun any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
    tupelo.
WordNet

water tupelo

Wa"ter tu"pe*lo
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
Webster 1913