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- noun Plural form of
tupelo .
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Examples
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I glanced around at the tupelos and bald cypresses.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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I glanced around at the tupelos and bald cypresses.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Soon it would be the cedars and the pines and the moosewood, some of which are already nibbling away at the edges, and these in time would be followed by the chestnut oaks and red maples and tupelos and hickories.
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: Introductory Thoughts 2008
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The hills south of Durbin were thickly forested with medleys of butternut, black walnut, tupelos, oaks, tulip trees, and here and there a chestnut stump.
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It was over-arched by tall oaks and elms, beeches, tupelos, and maples.
The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
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These trees were large tupelos, and the vines, clinging from trunk to trunk and to one another, formed an impenetrable screen with their dark green leaves.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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Flush as it is with the landscapes surrounding Caddo Lake, elms, oaks and tupelos aren't just scenery in Appelt's Big Thicket; they're the soul of the enchanted forest, the secret-keepers who know where all the bodies are buried.
The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue Robert Leleux 2009
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