Definition of
Tupelo
- (noun, location) a town in northeast Mississippi
- (noun, plant) any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
- (noun, plant) pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
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Synonyms of Tupelo
Alternate forms of Tupelo
Hyponyms: black gum, nyssa aquatica, nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum, water gum
Origin of the word Tupelo
- black gum tree, 1730, apparently from Cree (Algonquian) ito opilwa "swamp tree." more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper