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    PEPPER TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 lilacsplay

    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 fruitsplay

    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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