tupelo tree

Noun
  1. Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America (synset 112360900)
    is a type of: gum, gum tree - any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
    subtypes:
    • nyssa aquatica, water gum - columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood
    • black gum, nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum - columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
    belongs to: genus nyssa, nyssa - tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
    substance holonym: tupelo - pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
    same as: tupelo

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