Pep·per·idge n. 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.
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pepperidge
n : columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal
limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and
have brilliant color in early fall [syn: sour gum, black
gum, Nyssa sylvatica]