Nyssa aquatica

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Nyssa aquatica
    n 1: columnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North
         America yielding pale soft easily worked wood [syn: {water
         gum}, {Nyssa aquatica}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Water tupelo \Wa"ter tu"pe*lo\ (w[add]"t[~e]r
   t[=u]"p[-e]*l[=o]). (Bot.)
   A species of large tupelo ({Nyssa aquatica}) growing in
   swamps in the southern of the United States. See {Ogeechee
   lime}.
   [1913 Webster]