Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tupelo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tupelo \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tupelo
n 1: pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
2: any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
[syn: {tupelo tree}]
3: a town in northeast Mississippi [syn: {Tupelo}]
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