tupelo tree

Synonyms:

tupelo

Types:

Nyssa aquatica, water gum

columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked wood

Nyssa sylvatica, black gum, pepperidge, sour gum

columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Type of:

gum, gum tree

any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum