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[ too -puh -loh, tyoo - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtu pəˌloʊ, ˈtyu- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun, plural tu·pe·los. any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
the soft, light wood of these trees.
Origin of tupelo 1720–30, Americanism ; perhaps <Creek *’topilwa literally, swamp tree (equivalent to íto tree + opílwa swamp)
Words nearby tupelo Tunney, tunny, Tuonela, tup, Tupamaro, tupelo , Tupi, Tupi-Guarani, tupik, tuple, Tupolev
Definition for tupelo (2 of 2) [ too -puh -loh, tyoo - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈtu pəˌloʊ, ˈtyu- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a city in NE Mississippi.
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Example sentences from the Web for tupelo What the hell, he already had enough judgments against him to pave the road to Tupelo .
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis | Richard Ben Cramer| January 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the early 2000s, Dutschke joined a Tupelo studio called Kinetic Kick owned by Noel McMichael.
Ricin Suspect J. Everett Dutschke Arrested | Winston Ross| April 27, 2013| DAILY BEAST
“Tupelo is a very small town in the middle of the Bible Belt,” McMichael said.
Ricin Suspect J. Everett Dutschke Arrested | Winston Ross| April 27, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Republican Roger Wicker of Tupelo has now cruised easily to re-election to a full term in the US Senate.
An Open Letter to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker | | November 9, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Raymond promptly stole it from a church parking lot during Wednesday night prayer meeting and sold it to a chop shop near Tupelo .
John Grisham's Debut Short Story | John Grisham| October 26, 2009| DAILY BEAST
I refer you to Colonel Tison, who is in Tupelo , for the particulars.
The Iron Furnace | John H. Aughey
On the 14th of July, he met the enemy at Tupelo , Mississippi, and whipped him badly.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete | Ulysses S. Grant
Of course, I refer to the pepperidge, or tupelo , that nondescript among trees; for who ever saw two pepperidge-trees alike?
Pastoral Days | William Hamilton Gibson
Lumbermen who operate in swamps occasionally bring out a few ash logs with cypress and tupelo .
American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
He assembled the remnants of his army at Tupelo , Miss., fifty miles south of Corinth.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 | Jacob Dolson Cox
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British Dictionary definitions for tupelo noun plural -los any of several cornaceous trees of the genus Nyssa , esp N. aquatica , a large tree of deep swamps and rivers of the southern US
the light strong wood of any of these trees
Word Origin for tupelo C18: from Creek ito opilwa , from ito tree + opilwa swamp
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