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Tupelo

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tupelo

American black gum tree, 1730, from an Algonquian language, such as Cree ito opilwa "swamp tree," Muskogee eto opelwv.

Wiktionary
tupelo

n. 1 Any of several trees of the genus ''Nyssa'' which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States. 2 # (context in particular English) (taxlink Nyssa aquatica species noshow=1). 3 # (context in particular English) (taxlink Nyssa multiflora species noshow=1), a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.

WordNet
tupelo
  1. n. 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

Gazetteer
Tupelo, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 177
Housing Units (2000): 93
Land area (2000): 0.311330 sq. miles (0.806342 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.311330 sq. miles (0.806342 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70340
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.391629 N, 91.229278 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Tupelo, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 377
Housing Units (2000): 178
Land area (2000): 0.401438 sq. miles (1.039719 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.401438 sq. miles (1.039719 sq. km)
FIPS code: 75050
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.603133 N, 96.420531 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74572
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Tupelo, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000): 34211
Housing Units (2000): 14551
Land area (2000): 51.105468 sq. miles (132.362550 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.318565 sq. miles (0.825079 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 51.424033 sq. miles (133.187629 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74840
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.259585 N, 88.725885 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38801
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tupelo, MS
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Wikipedia
Tupelo

Tupelo , genus Nyssa , is a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves. It is usually included in the subfamily Nyssoideae of the dogwood family, Cornaceae, but is placed by some authorities in the family Nyssaceae.

Most Nyssa species are highly tolerant of wet soils and flooding, and some need such environments as habitat. Some of the species are native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada through the Eastern United States to Mexico and Central America. Other species are found in eastern and southeastern Asia from China south through Indochina to Java and southwest to the Himalayas.

Tupelo (disambiguation)

Tupelo is a genus of trees.

Tupelo may also refer to:

Tupelo (song)

"Tupelo" is the second single by Australian post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the only single from the band's second album The Firstborn Is Dead.

Usage examples of "tupelo".

But at two in the morning, the general manager conceded to Tupelo the privilege of examining the master maps of the System.

Whyte looked alternately at Tupelo and at the glass object on the desk.

During the week that followed, Tupelo participated in four more formal conferences with Kelvin Whyte and certain city officials.

Twice the train stopped for a red light, and Tupelo found himself wondering whether the other train was really just ahead, or just beyond space.

On the surface, Governor Barnett ruled a lush and tranquil land blanketed with luxuriant forests of virgin pines, tupelo, sycamore, persimmon, magnolia, holly, sweet gum, and hickory, from gentle foothills in the north to cypress swamps curtained with Spanish moss and Gulf Coast resorts in the south.

James Taylor, a Tupelo high-school teacher who was visiting her daughter at Ward Hall, reported to the Highway Patrol in an October 28, 1962 interview that she saw marshals firing tear gas in the immediate vicinity of Ward Hall at some point after 8:00 p.

By now, more National Guardsmen from the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment were speeding to the rescue from other nearby towns in northern Mississippi, from Holly Springs, Tupelo, Senatobia, Bates- ville, from every town that had a National Guard outfit.

Lieutenant Colonel Gravlee of Tupelo, a thirty-nine-year-old who so backslash rvun uj rue caret distj in civilian life headed up the family business, Gravlee Lumber Company, was riding with Major Oscar Megginson in a Jeep at the head of the convoy.

By living in Mitchell or Oklahoma City or Tupelo the elites will get a whole new perspective on America, which will make them better journalists.

Living in Tupelo or Oklahoma City or Mitchell will make the elites a little less elite, which is a very good step toward recovery.

If Tupelo was a cop working undercover without a search warrant, he might be attempting to establish probable cause to obtain one.

Located outside Tishomingo in Mississippi, north of Tupelo, just outside the Alabama state line.

Northwest Airlink Flight 5843 was scheduled to depart Tupelo for Memphis at 6:20 p.

She drove straight into Tupelo in search of an ATM, soon found one belonging to the Cirrus network, and withdrew the maximum amount permissible from her checking account, one thousand dollars.

Next to me was a reporter from the newspaper in Tupelo, a pleasant gentleman who reeked of cheap pipe tobacco.