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peppertree

peppertree is the alternative form of pepper tree.

Meaning of pepper tree

Noun

pepper tree (plural pepper trees)

  1. Either of the native New Zealand shrubs Pseudowintera axillaris and Pseudowintera colorata, with leaves often having large red blotches. They are used in traditional medicine.
  2. Any of the South American trees in the genus Schinus, which have small fruits that have been used as a substitute for black pepper.
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    Synonyms:
    Spanish pepper

Forms of peppertree

pluralpeppertrees

Questions about peppertree

What is peppertree the alternative form of?
Peppertree is the alternative form of pepper tree.

Words near peppertree in the dictionary

  1. peppershakers
  2. peppershrike
  3. peppershrikes
  4. peppertini
  5. peppertinis
  6. peppertree
  7. peppertrees
  8. pepperweed
  9. pepperwood
  10. pepperwoods
  11. pepperwort

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peppertree (page history and authors); pepper tree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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