TUPELO Tu"pe*lo, n. Etym: [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.)
Defn: A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge. Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tupelo. — Sour tupelo (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime.
TUPI
Tu"pi, n.
Defn: An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes its name, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth of the Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indian trade language of the Amazon.
TUPIAN
Tu"pi*an, a.
Defn: Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working were practiced by them at the time of the conquest. The Tupi and the Guarani were originally the most powerful of the stock, which is hence also called Tupi-Guaranian.
TUPMAN
Tup"man, n.; pl. Tupmen (.
Defn: A man who breeds, or deals in tups. [Prov. Eng.]
TUQUE
Tuque, n. [Canadian F. See Toque.]
Defn: A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness.