tupelo means A city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tupelo ranks #9,305 of 42,762 for Qualifying.
tupelo is pronounced /ˈtuːpəloʊ/.
Etymology
From Creek ito (“tree”) + opilwa (“swamp”).
name
- A city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States.
- A town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States.
- A city in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States.
noun
- Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States.; Nyssa aquatica.
- Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States.; Nyssa multiflora, a North American tree of the dogwood family, with brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries.
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