tupelo tree
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1. any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | gum, gum tree, |
| definition | : | any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nyssa aquatica, water gum, |
| definition | : | columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black gum, nyssa sylvatica, pepperidge, sour gum, |
| definition | : | columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus nyssa, nyssa, |
| definition | : | tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | tupelo, |
| definition | : | pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum (noun.plant) |
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