pepperidge

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pepperidge has 1 sense

pepperidge(n = noun.plant) black gum, nyssa sylvatica, 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; Array

is a kind of tupelo, tupelo tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pepperidge, n. [Cf. NL. berberis, E. barberry.].

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [1913 Webster]

Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

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