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pepperidges

pepperidges is the plural of pepperidge.

Meaning of 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
    Synonyms:
    black gum, blackgum, black tupelo, sour gum

Questions about pepperidges

What is pepperidges the plural of?
Pepperidges is the plural of pepperidge.

Words near pepperidges in the dictionary

  1. pepperettes
  2. peppergrass
  3. peppergrasses
  4. pepperidge
  5. Pepperidge Farm remembers
  6. pepperidges
  7. pepperier
  8. pepperiest
  9. pepperily
  10. pepperiness
  11. peppering

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