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单词 pepperidge
释义

pepperidge

English

Nyssa sylvatica

Noun

pepperidge (usually uncountable, plural pepperidges)

  1. Nyssa sylvatica, a medium-sized deciduous tree of North America.
    • 1910, Samuel Parsons, Landscape Gardening Studies, page 63,
      In America we want things different; hedge-rows full of bright-berried bushes and varied autumn colors; meadows full of pepperidges, liquidambars, and thorns [] .
    • 2007 April 23, Paul Vitello, “Views Clash Among Neighbors as Builders Destroy Old for New”, in New York Times:
      “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.
    • 2008, Cathy Jean Maloney, Chicago Gardens: The Early History, page 161,
      Simonds listed the plants brought in for this new area, mostly natives: elms, oaks, maples, ashes, lindens, cherries, hackberries, pepperidges, and hawthorns.

Synonyms

  • (Nyssa sylvatica): black gum, blackgum; black tupelo; sour gum
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