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PEPPERIDGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pepperidge mean?
• PEPPERIDGE (noun)
The noun PEPPERIDGE has 1 sense:
1. columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
Familiarity information: PEPPERIDGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black gum; Nyssa sylvatica; pepperidge; sour gum
Hypernyms ("pepperidge" is a kind of...):
tupelo; tupelo tree (any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America)
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