English noun: tupelo |
1. | tupelo (plant) pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | tupelo, tupelo tree |
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2. | tupelo (plant) any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America |
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| Synonyms | tupelo tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | gum, gum tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | black gum, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum, water gum |
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| Member meronym | genus Nyssa, Nyssa |
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| Substance holonym | tupelo |
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3. | Tupelo (location) a town in northeast Mississippi |
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| Instance hypernym | town |
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| Part meronym | Magnolia State, Mississippi, MS |
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