pepperidge

Noun

pepperidge (usually uncountable, plural pepperidges)

1. (usually) Nyssa sylvatica, a medium-sized deciduous tree of North America.
   • In America we want things different; hedge-rows full of bright-berried bushes and varied autumn colors; meadows full of pepperidges, liquidambars, and thorns[…].1910, Samuel Parsons, Landscape Gardening Studies, page 63
   • “There used to be a charming little house here on a heavily wooded lot, with pepperidge and cedar and some beech trees,” said Kevin Kobs, a longtime resident of the neighborhood who stopped to watch the last stages of the clearing and grading of a lot bought by a home builder last year.2007 April 23, Paul Vitello, “Views Clash Among Neighbors as Builders Destroy Old for New”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   black gum, blackgum, black tupelo, sour gum