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Definition of Pepperwood
1. Noun. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.
Generic synonyms: Laurel
Group relationships: Genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pepperwood
Literary usage of Pepperwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the State Earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"pepperwood, Humboldt County (JF Helms). — In the stores and saloons 10 per cent
of the property was destroyed by breakage, but on the farms of the ..."
2. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, Luther Burbank Society (U.S.), John Whitson, Henry Smith Williams, Robert John (1915)
"... A "pepperwood Tree" in Bloom The photograph suggests the attractive quality of
... pepperwood ..."
3. History and Business Directory of Humboldt County [Calif.]: Descriptive of by Lillie E. Hamm (1890)
"Most of the farms were originally covered with a heavy growth of pepperwood or
California laurel. There still remains fully three-fourths of this valuable ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"... Meanwhile the Southern Pacific Company had bren busily engaged in in Mendocino
county, and Shivery, a little town near pepperwood, in Humboldt county. ..."
5. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... took pepperwood-leaves, put them on the fire, and they crackled and gave off
strong smell. Then the deer, which had been about the fire, became alarmed, ..."
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