Meaning

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

More definitions
  • columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall

Forms

plural: pepperidges
Singularpepperidge

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Nyssa sylvatica:black gumsour gumblackgumblack tupelo
Close in 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:sour gumblack gumNyssa sylvatica

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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