PEPPER TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pepper tree mean? 

• PEPPER TREE (noun)
  The noun PEPPER TREE has 2 senses:

1. small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

2. small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs

  Familiarity information: PEPPER TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEPPER TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle

Hypernyms ("pepper tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("pepper tree" is a member of...):

genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree

Hypernyms ("pepper tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("pepper tree" is a member of...):

genus Kirkia; Kirkia (small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs)