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Definition of Tupelos
1. tupelo [n] - See also: tupelo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tupelos
Literary usage of Tupelos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"THE tupelos Genus NYSSA, Linn. THE DOGWOODS Trees of picturesque habit, with
twiggy, contorted branches; growing in wet soil. Wood cross grained, tough. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"The ground under the beeches was covered with the withered leaves and peculiarly
free from vegetation. On the edge of a swamp I saw great tupelos running up ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Other trees of lesser importance in cabinet-making are the great tupelos and red
gums (Nyssa), (Liquidamber) of southern bottom-lands, whose pale-brown ..."
4. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"... if such was the cause we should probably witness the phenomenon in other trees
which accompany the tupelos. The leaves of the Large Tupelo are commonly ..."
5. The Story of the Earth and Man by John William Dawson (1873)
"... trees of imposing grandeur, and there were masses of underwood belonging to
various species of Nyssa, like the tupelos and sour-gums of North America. ..."
6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1905)
"... th« pine country is rapidly coming to. Fio. 2. Louisiana Cypress swamp, near
Bed river, in very low water; showing great taper of Cypress and tupelos. ..."
7. Aristocrats of the Garden by Ernest Henry Wilson (1917)
"The native Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) has orange- colored and the
tupelos (Nyssa) mostly blue-black fruits. The Asiatic Corktree (Phellodendron) has ..."
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