Definition of "tupelo" [tu•pe•lo]

• Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, especially N. aquatica, of the southeast United States, having soft light wood. (noun)
• The wood of this tree. (noun)

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• "The next in importance being the "tupelo" or "bay poplar," and the least of the trio is designated as "black" or"
• "Their champs include a small 14-foot-tall winterberry tree and a big water tupelo with a trunk 39½ feet in circumference."
• "And now this is all open water and dead cypress and tupelo trees."