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‖ tupelo|ˈtuːpɪləʊ|
Also 8 tupelow, 9 tupeloo, tupola.
[N. Amer. Ind.]
Native name of trees of the North American genus Nyssa (N.O. Alangiaceæ or Nyssaceæ), large trees growing in swamps or on river banks in the southern states; esp. N. villosa or multiflora (also called Black or Sour Gum, and Pepperidge), and the large tupelo or tupelo gum (N. uniflora), which produces a light tough timber. Also attrib., as tupelo-gum, tupelo-swamp, tupelo-tree; tupelo-tent, a surgical tent made of the spongy wood of the root of the tupelo.
1730Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 431 The Tupelo Tree. Ibid. 434 The Water Tupelo. 1756P. Collinson in Darlington Mem. (1849) 202 Billy's drawing and painting of the Tupelo, is fine. 1765in W. Stork Acc. East Florida (1766) 79 The low lands are partly cypress and tupelow swamps. 1816W. Darby Descr. Louisiana iv. 62 The tupeloo is known in Louisiana by the popular name of olive. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 42 Maple, and the rarer tupelo with downward limbs. 1865Parkman Champlain ix. (1875) 305 The garnet hue of the young oaks, the bonfire blaze of the tupelo at the water's edge. 1885in Milnor (Dakota) Free Press 25 Apr. 5/5 The tupelo-gum and the willow-oak are timbers that are destined to a commercial value never until recently dreamed of. 1900W. D. Howells in Scribner's Mag. Sept. 367/2 He wished to show me a tupelo-tree. |