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PEPPER TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pepper tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("pepper tree" is a member of...):

genus Kirkia; Kirkia (small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pepper tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("pepper tree" is a member of...):

genus Schinus; Schinus (genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China)

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