- tupelo - pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum
--1 is a kind of wood
--1 is a substance of tupelo, tupelo tree- tupelo, tupelo tree - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
--2 is a kind of gum tree, gum
--2 is a member of Nyssa, genus Nyssa
--2 has substances: tupelo
--2 has particulars:water gum, Nyssa aquatica; sour gum, black gum, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica - Tupelo - a town in northeast Mississippi
--3 is a kind of town
--3 is a part of Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS - tupelo, tupelo tree - any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America