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Pepper tree

noun

Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits. Synonyms: molle, Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle.

Small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs. Synonym: Kirkia wilmsii.

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"Pepper tree" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the afternoon before Christmas Day, in the shape of an enormous fagot of laurel and laurestinus and holly and box; orange and lemon boughs with ripe fruit hanging from them, thick ivy tendrils whole yards long, arbutus, pepper tree, and great branches of acacia, covered with feathery yellow bloom. The man apologized for bringing so little. The gentleman had ordered two francs worth, he said, but this was all he could carry; he would fetch some more if the young lady wished! ...

— What Katy Did Next • Susan Coolidge

... those hateful things that hit my Japanese pepper tree on the main lawn, and killed our only cedar. The handsomest specimen we had here! It makes me sick every time I throw a log of it on to the fire in the Winter. I can't tell you how queer it makes me feel. ...

— With Those Who Wait • Frances Wilson Huard

Words linked to "Pepper tree" : Schinus, genus Kirkia, molle, genus Schinus, Kirkia wilmsii, Kirkia, tree