Definitions for: Pepperidge


[n] columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall



Webster (1913) Definition: Pep"per*idge, n. [Cf. NL. berberis, E. barberry.]
(Bot.)
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. [Written
also piperidge and pipperidge.]

Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

Synonyms: black gum, Nyssa sylvatica, sour gum

See Also: tupelo, tupelo tree

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