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Webster 1913 Edition
Pepperidge
Pep′per-idge
,Noun.
[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.