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pepperidge
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
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]
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