Pepperidge

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nyssa sylvatica, a medium-sized deciduous tree of North America. uncountable, usually

    "In America we want things different; hedge-rows full of bright-berried bushes and varied autumn colors; meadows full of pepperidges, liquidambars, and thorns[…]."

  2. 2
    columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall wordnet

Synonyms

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black gumsour gumblack gumblack tupeloblackgumnyssa sylvatica

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"In America we want things different; hedge-rows full of bright-berried bushes and varied autumn colors; meadows full of pepperidges, liquidambars, and thorns[…]."

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north americanyssa sylvatica

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