swamp tupelo

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Noun

swamp tupelo (countable and uncountable, plural swamp tupelos)

  1. A type of wetland tree of species Nyssa biflora, native to the eastern United States.
    • 1982, J. R. Saucier, Tupelo: An American Wood:
      The stem of swamp tupelo is commonly less swollen than water tupelo but tapers more gradually.

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