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Definition of Pepperidge
1. Noun. Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
Definition of Pepperidge
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pepperidge
1. Noun. ''Nyssa sylvatica'', a medium-sized deciduous tree of North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pepperidge
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pepperidge
Literary usage of Pepperidge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"The Tupelo, Black Gum, or pepperidge.—Its Variety and Allied Characteristics.—Their
Floral Fragrance.—How Raised, Size, and Range of Growth. ..."
2. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"The Tupelo, Black Gum, or pepperidge.—Its Variety and Allied Characteristics.—Their
Floral Fragrance.—How Raised, Size, and Range of Growth. ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1851)
"... with its long pinnated leaf, is a brilliant scarlet ; the pepperidge is almost
purple ; and some of the ashes approach the rank first in the show, ..."
4. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"Barberry; pepperidge-bush Herberts vulgaris Flowers—Yellow, small, odor disagreeable,
6-parted, borne in drooping, many-flowered racemes from the leaf axils ..."
5. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"SOUR GUM, BLACK GUM, pepperidge OR TUPELO. (Nyssa sylvatica) A forest tree up to
no feet high; in wet lands. Wood pale, very trong, tough, unsplittable and ..."
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