tupelo

3 definitions found

tupelo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree
        (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo.
  
     Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
        [1913 Webster]

tupelo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, tupelo tree]
      3: a town in northeast Mississippi

tupelo - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Tupelo, AR (town, FIPS 70340)
    Location: 35.39155 N, 91.22994 W
    Population (1990): 208 (105 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Tupelo, MS (city, FIPS 74840)
    Location: 34.26349 N, 88.73199 W
    Population (1990): 30685 (12335 housing units)
    Area: 132.5 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 38801
  Tupelo, OK (city, FIPS 75050)
    Location: 34.60209 N, 96.42024 W
    Population (1990): 323 (207 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 74572